
When the Brain Deceives Itself
The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean
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Science History Podcast or Footnotes Become the Real Story
Former supreme court justice william o douglas had a stroke and could not walk. He refused to resign because, in his own mind, there was nothing wrong with him. A mysterious little incident involving facebook a few years ago proves that this bizarre mental state is far more common than you might think. And people engage in something similar all the time in everyday situations.
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