
The Skeptics Guide #845 - Sep 18 2021
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
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Do You Know if Someone Is Using More Cognitive Control?
In order to go against what feels natural or comfortable, requires more cognitive control. So finding that someone is using more cognitive control than their base line doesn't really tell you anything. It tells you they're going against their instincts. Se rie, it works ballrits teideaor information to find out if they were cheating or not. E, for me, it's so helpful to understand that this is how our brains workso for a number of reasons. The other thing is it helps make you less judgmentalabsolutelycause we're all just monkeys trying to survive in this complicated civilization. But, but we evolved to be morally judgmental, to feel moral disgust and to feel
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