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331. Paul Zak — Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness

The Michael Shermer Show

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What Is the Importance of Immersion?

"I've really come to the point where all I care about is maximizing predictive accuracy. And I want to do that holistically," he says. "So we found by measuring about 140 high-frequency electrical signals, the brain's up to 1000 times a second,. That these two core signals appear to be part of this evaluation mechanism for social experience."

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