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#86: The Science of Spontaneity - Edward Slingerland, PhD

The FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology

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The Balmer Peak

There's a phenomenon that came across on the web called the balmer peak. It was named after this micersoft coder who said he would get into a flow state after about two to three bears, but then too many and he's sidated. Google actually builds in a whisky room to their campus so they can make room for just the right amount of intoxication when needed.

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