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68: Lazy in a Good Way (with Mark Ellison)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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I Don't Think Mary Takes the Book. I Think John Takes the Book. Yeah.

The way we cope with getting so much information thrown at us all the time is we make predictions. We just pay attention to the difference between our predictions and what actually happens. One of the really lovely examples of this, which is appropriate for a lot of our audience, is if you're ever watching the crickets on TV. It's because they're making a prediction about how the ball should look if they're in the right position to catch it. And when I said, I don't think Mary took the book,. I think John took the book. Exactly. So they have a false belief. They're making a Prediction. Wow. That helps us to remember things better. Yeah.

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