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#87: The Future of the Brain - Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD
The FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology
How Can We Unwind These Toxic Mind Viruses?
The effectiveness of fake news is directly correlated with how much it appeals to this paleolithic instinct. Our brains work on the basis of belief, and people are willing to die for beliefs. I like to say that our brains are generators of mental abstractions that become more important than life itself. The United States just crossed 800,000 fatalities from a recent pandemic. It's likely we will cross the number of deaths in the American Civil War by 2022.
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