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Seven and a half lessons about the brain

The Oxford Mindfulness Podcast

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Darwin's Biggest Contribution to Evolutionary Biology

Lisa darmans: Darwin was quite good at observing emotion in the species he was looking at. He's known for vanquishing essentialism in biology, but in psychology of emotion, he reinforcedessentialism. If you actually use the lessons from natural selection to understand emotions, there are really important psychological Lessons that can be applied to every aspect of our lives. Im so interesting in how do science and philosophy work together? You don't have some kernel of selfness that you carry with you everywhere you go, no matter what your job is or where you live.

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