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The Science of Learning with Heather Berlin

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What's the Best Joke About a Baby Crying on a Plane?

The best joke I ever heard about a baby cognition was we were on a plane and a baby would not stop crying. They're kind of like what adult brain is like on psychedelics in a way, Neil deGrasse Tyson says. So that's why adults are not intrigued by someone dangling keys in front of them. And they have to be a Whoa. These are the distracts them. We got to land this plane to follow the analogy there.

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