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252 - Procrastination - Britt Frank
You Are Not So Smart
Parasynthetic Procrastination
The Vegas nerve has gotten super trendy, which I think is absolutely hilarious. There's a nerve in your head that when it's like danger for whatever reason, perceived real historical or whatever, it shuts you down. And there are really cool videos about opossums playing dead and they're not actually playing dead. That's their nervous system preparing them for a threat. Parasynthetic procrastination is like a very low level shock response. It's your body deploying all of those nummies so we don't move because getting bit by a shark hurts.
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