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Why are we conscious of so little?

The Why Factor

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Conscious Awareness Is the Worst Tool for the Job

According to owen travers, we often function better when we do so unconsciously. We're relatively slow when we have to explicitly think and be aware of what we're doing. So if you're hitting a tennis ball, consciousness is the wrong tool for the job. There's no time to reflect on how and where to hit the ball. Which brings us back to chris. Remember him? He'd had a stroke in india. He got himself checked out in the k and a little later he was chatting about his misfortune to his kid's football coach. She's called holly bridge, but football coaching is what holly does in her spare time. As it happens, her day

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