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249 - The Power of Surprise (rebroadcast)

You Are Not So Smart

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The Brain Generates a Model for Prediction and Expectation

The brain generates a model by and that model helps us navigate whatever is happening out there be that are whatever's happening that our senses are picking up on not we're not picking up on all of it. Once you have a belief your belief drives your mindset and which also drives your predictions and your expectations for instance if you were blindfolded you would automatically reach for the door handle at 39 inches from the ground because that's the standard place for door handles  you'd expect to turn it or move it up or down That's because your beliefs drive that expectation and that prediction.

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