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#31: The Science of Storytelling (why your life is a myth)

Not Your Average Jo

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Story Telling Is the Fabric of Everything That We Do

The author argues that our lives are essentially meaningless unless we tell stories. Story telling is as much of a craft to hone as it is natural. Our brain predicts what things should be and then generates hallucinations based on those predictions. The world that we experience out there is actually just a reconstruction of that reality built inside o our own heads.

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