054 - The Self - Bruce Hood (rebroadcast)
You Are Not So Smart
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How Do You Know When You're Unconscious?
Your self changes over the lifetime. You only have to read things that you wrote when you were 16 or you can suddenly, you don't recognize. The brain has a whole set of biases to try and reframe and keep that continuity of self all the time. So we generally think of ourselves as a lot smarter than most people, better looking than most people and a better sense of humor. We're all above average, but we can't all be above average.
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