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80. The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters

Education Bookcast

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The Chimpanze Within Us

The message always goes to the chimp first. This is one of the rules of how the brain works. The chimp reacts in an emotional way, and typically thinks it is being criticised. So it becomes agitated, possibly annoyed, possibly upset. Now we can answer one of the questions posed at the start of the book, why do i sometimes become so irrational in my thinking there? We will get on to that topic later this week.

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