Brains
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Copying Is a Pervasive Thing
We almost can't help doing that. Copying is absolutely pervasive. We might copy somebody's accent or the way they walk. But most of the time it's entirely inside that that the brain is just preparing these thingsr these actions, in case it has to make them. The thing about copying, if you do it very, very fast and very subtly, what the effect is that the other person likes you more. It sort of gives a bond. If you do it in such a way that the other people actually notices it you're copying, that's disaster. That's mocking, and you get very, very upset. And that gets into the conscious bet which is always, always
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