The Scar Experiment

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Michele Rosling: I want to be part of a new movement of science literature, a science of pop science. She says the scar experiment sums up what she's been talking about in her book. "I feel lik it's part of anew wave of pop science writing," writes Rosling. 'There's a they they improve the world'

Not all surprises trigger change, but almost all change is triggered by surprise. In this episode, Micheal Rousell, author of The Power of Surprise, explains the science of surprise at the level of neurons and brain structures, and then talk about how surprises often lead to the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, the different personal narratives that guide our behaviors and motivations and goals, and, perhaps most importantly, our willingness to be surprised again so that we can change and grow.

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