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#260 – Georges St-Pierre, John Danaher & Gordon Ryan: The Greatest of All Time

Lex Fridman Podcast

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What Makes People Watch a Professional Fight?

The vast majority of people who watch a professional fight have almost no technical understanding of what's going on in front of them. So how do they relate to the fight? What's the only way they can? It's through emotion. And so when they get a sense that these two don't like each other, then they can relate to thefight. But only a tiny percentage of people watching a given professional fight can relate to it on a technical level. The overwhelming majority will always form an emotional attachment to the fight.

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