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#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain
Lex Fridman Podcast
Do You Care More About Your Allies?
The study looked at how ingrained is this or how arbitrary is it? We brought new participants in and we said, here's a coin, toss the coin. If it's heads, you're an Augustinian; if it's tails, you're a Justinian. And they get in the scanner and they see a thing on the screen says the Augustinians and Justinians are two warring tribes. Then you see a bunch of hands, some are labeled Augustinian and some are Justinian. Now you care more about whichever team you're on than the other team even though it's totally our objective.
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