Exploring Language, Culture, and Creative Encouragement

This chapter explores the impact of language on thought processes and personal connections to culture, highlighted by a desire to learn Italian. It also emphasizes the value of fostering creativity through community engagement and contests to inspire new ideas among listeners.

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Today we talk about the placebo effect, mind over matter, and the cognitive traps that correlate with IQ. David Robson is an author of science with a unique focus on human behavior. He has a degree in mathematics from Oxford -- we bond over our similar degrees in mathematics. He's worked for news scientists, BBC, and he writes for several popular science magazines. Today we discuss the intelligence trap and the expectation effect.

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