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92. The psychology of platonic soulmates

The Psychology of your 20s

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The Power of Instant Recognition

The idea of a past life is not one that is seen as valid or reliable, but you can believe in what you want to believe. So there is that instant recognition. It's almost like family, almost like you've known them in a past life. But I think that instant recognition that we feel can also be explained by some science as well. And so when you initially meet someone and you're doing all those, that kind of initial snooping work and seeing where they stand ... often in those instances, the part of our brain that is searching for similar connections is going to see their similarity to us as a real positive trait," she says.

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