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Why Big Numbers Break Our Brains

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This chapter explores the difficulties humans have in grasping large and small numbers, particularly through the lens of a thousand podcast episodes. An educational neuroscientist uses captivating analogies to highlight how our brains are ill-equipped to handle the vastness of time and numerical scale.

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