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Best Of: Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier With Nicholas Epley

Big Brains

CHAPTER

The Power to Read Minds Is Already Inside Us

The power to read minds is already inside us. We just have to learn how to use it. People underestimate how positive others will feel when you reach out to them in a pro social, positive way. Our brains are unique on this planet as human beings for their capacity to think about the minds of other there aren't other species that think about others intentions or motives or desires nearly to the same extent that human beings do.

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