Schauer Thoughts

This week we’re doing a part two to why AI will never truly replace human beings - we’ll discuss neuroscience, opinions from accredited experts, as well as go on several explanatory tangents about how the brain *actually* works and how AI does not work like that. Please enjoy this week’s communal Schauer and I hope (a type of wonder -> happiness + fear) to see you all join my book club, starting September 21 & 22nd! More information linked below. Book Club Info: Sunday & Monday dates available! Substack: https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership Resources: The Human Brain Doesn’t Learn, Think or Recall Like an AI. Embrace the difference https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-07-09/human-brain-artificial-intelligence-model Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli  This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas The Nature and Technique of Understanding: Some Fundamentals of Semantics - Hugh Woodworth  - Book I talked about having feelings, sensations, etc. outlined - pg. 26 & 27 Epistemic Injustice: Power & the Ethics of Knowing - Miranda Fricker  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we’re going over what AI can’t “afford” to do that the human brain can! Next week we will cover more on the “neuroscience” (actually just programming) of AI, as well as the ecological impacts. No need to sit tight, this week we’re sensing, feeling, and moving through the communal Schauer as a collective to spite some *very much* artificial intelligence.  Get this new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just $15 a month at https://MintMobile.com/SCHAUER Book Club: For information about my book club, as well as cost, schedule, and additional learning opportunities, please visit my Substack, linked below.  The outline, as well as the platform it will be hosted on - likely Patreon (not Substack, even though I do know the platform can host book clubs) will go up on my Substack at noon PST on Wednesday, September 10.  I hope you all can join, I am so beyond excited to read and share with you all! My Substack:  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Book Club Book: Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Makes a Fuller, Better Life - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD Resources:  Your Brain Instantly Sees What You Can Do, AI Still Can’t https://neurosciencenews.com/human-ai-visual-encoding-29279/ The Human Brain Doesn’t Learn, Think or Recall Like an AI. Embrace the Difference https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-07-09/human-brain-artificial-intelligence-model Mind Brain Lecture: Neuroscientist Anthony Zador on the Future of AI and the Brain https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/mind-brain-lecture-neuroscientist-anthony-zador-on-the-future-of-ai-and-the-brain/ Don’t agree with this guys aim or enthusiasm, but his opinion is revealing The Posterior Parietal Area V6A: An Attentional-Modulated Visuomotor Region Involved in the Control of Reach-to-Grasp Action https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422003128 Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation - Christopher Kemp Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Tech Agnostic - Greg M. Epstein The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli  Additional Links The Huntington Library & Gardens  https://www.huntington.org Madeline Garden & Bistro https://www.instagram.com/madeline_garden/?hl=en Photoskin: Illuminating Body Gloss  Glistening “body oil” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we’re getting into the psychology, strategy, and *alleged* manipulation tactics of E.L.F. Cosmetic’s latest beauty campaign featuring *womp womp* Matt Rife. Come bare faced or use a good setting spray because the communal Schauer is hot this week and methods to conceal will be tested and removed.  My Substack:  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Resources:Flow - Mihaly Csikszemtmihalyi  The Science of Revenge - James Kimmel, Jr. JD How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life - Sissela Bok Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People - G. Richard Shell Why It’s So Hard to Ask for Help https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/passion/202308/why-its-so-hard-to-ask-for-help Exclusive: The Story Behind ELF’s Controversial Matt Rife Campaign  https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/exclusive-the-story-behind-elfs-controversial-matt-rife-campaign/ Paltering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltering Evidence of paltering https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/exclusive-the-story-behind-elfs-controversial-matt-rife-campaign/ Who does nostalgia speak to? https://www.kantar.com/inspiration/advertising-media/take-me-back-the-power-of-nostalgia-in-advertising Elf Cosmetics Puts Beauty Prices on Trial After Raising Its Own https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/elf-cosmetics-puts-beauty-prices-on-trial-after-raising-its-own/ ELF Beauty Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire rhode in $1 Billion Deal https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250528613364/en/e.l.f.-Beauty-Announces-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-rhode-in-%241-Billion-Deal Jester’s Privilege  https://ludwig.guru/blog/the-jesters-privilege-or-the-power-of-being-unheard/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here we are, part two of our series on becoming who you want to be using method acting and flow state! This week we’ll be fleshing out our potential new personas, giving them motivations, beliefs, lore, and much more to *temporarily* adopt characteristics to expand our range - logically and expressively. No need for movement clothes or dance shoes in the communal Schauer, just hop in whenever you’re ready. Make sure to like and subscribe on Youtube, as well as rate my 5 stars on whichever platform you’re streaming from! Thank you. Substack  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Resources: What is Self-Esteem? https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-self-esteem-2795868  Understanding the Interplay Between the Nervous and Muscular Systems https://www.maven-pt.com/maven-stories/understanding-the-interplay-between-the-nervous-and-muscular-systems Character Development: A Guide for Actors https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/character-development-for-actors-76083/#:~:text=Gather%20as%20many%20basic%20details,role%2C%20message%2C%20and%20theme. The Outside In Acting Technique  https://www.stagemilk.com/acting-technique-outside-in/ Nine components associated with the flow state experience  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/table/behavsci-10-00137-t001/ How to Get Into Flow State: 8 Tips to Unlock Peak Performance https://www.flowresearchcollective.com/blog/how-to-get-into-flow-state A Review on the Role of the Neuroscience of Flow States in the Modern World https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/#B15-behavsci-10-00137 Color Psychology: Does It Affect How You Feel? https://www.verywellmind.com/color-psychology-2795824 How ambient temperature affects mood: an ecological momentary assessment study in Switzerland  https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-023-01003-9 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back! We’re discussing the psychology, neuroscience, and applications of method acting and flow state to develop behavioral and character range, aka “become the person you want.” This week’s communal Schauer will be very STEAM heavy, but don’t worry, next week we’re bringing it all together to cultivate a performance that feels personal and true to you (and who you could be).  Make sure to “like” and subscribe on Youtube, rate my 5-stars wherever you get your podcasts, and check out my Substack where I have additional musings. Substack  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Resources: The Psychological Effects of Method Acting https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-psychological-effects-of-method-acting-45035 The Neuroscience of Romeo and Juliet: an fMRI study of acting https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.181908 A Review on the Role of the Neuroscience of Flow States in the Modern World  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/#B15-behavsci-10-00137 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Your Conscious Mind - New Scientist  The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism - Fritjof Capra  The Meaning of Proofs: Mathematics as Storytelling - Cabriele Lolli Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation - Christopher Kemp This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Obi Ogas Reductionism in Art & Brain Science: Bridging the Two Cultures - Eric R. Kandel  A Little Book of Language - David Crystal Submit - A Memoir by Sonnett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we’re talking a leisurely stroll through the neuroscience of cringe! Behold the surprising sadness that awaits just beyond our cranial walls. Clear your calendar and your conscience and step into this week’s communal shower. Feel free to leave your dignity at the door. Resources: That’s Cringe: The Neuroscience Behind Embarrassment https://greymattersjournal.org/thats-cringe-the-neuroscience-behind-embarassment/  How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here it is folks, the third and final installment on our mini-series about building trust! Thank you all so much for your patience, for listening, for learning, that’s the attitude to have when entering the communal thought Schauer! We’re sharing cognitive load and helping each other co-regulate [somewhat parasocial conclusion redacted for posterity purposes] so thank you. Can’t wait to talk to you all next week about something tangentially related. Make sure to like and subscribe on Youtube, as well as rate 5 stars on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! This year, skip breaking a sweat AND breaking the bank. Get this new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at https://MintMobile.com/SCHAUER Upfront payment of $45 required (equivalent to $15/mo.). Limited time new customer offer for first 3 months only. Speeds may slow above 35GB on Unlimited plan. Taxes & fees extra. See MINT MOBILE for details. Resources: Four Colors of Lies http://changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/lying/four_lies.htm An Illustrated Guide to the 4 Types of Liars https://www.nirandfar.com/types-of-liars/ Visual Perception and Corollary Discharge  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2807735/#:~:text=Identifying%20a%20corollary%20discharge%20in,Holst%20and%20Mittelstaedt%2C%201950). Propensity to trust and risk aversion: Differential roles in the trust process https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656623000119 Agreeableness https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/agreeableness 12 Proven Trust-Building Exercises to Repair Relationships of All Types https://riveroakspsychology.com/12-proven-trust-building-exercises-to-repair-relationships-of-all-types/ 5 Creative Bullet Journal Mood Tracker Ideas [and Your How To Guide] https://www.yopandtom.com/blogs/news/5-creative-bullet-journal-mood-tracker-ideas-and-your-how-to-guide?srsltid=AfmBOoq1RVxbyYU_8b-31IJzxvrtezmy64Xyp8zdmgBUp3lJnyoyDhto Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life - Sissela Bok The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Schauer Thoughts we’re discussing the institution of marriage, why I love divorce, and what not to do while pregnant with NYT Best Selling Author, relationship coach, and co-host of the new podcast Starter Marriage, Allison Raskin! Please give my lovely first guest a warm, communal Schauer welcome and make sure to check out her books and socials linked below! Additional Links Allison Raskin Website  https://www.allisonraskin.com Website contains links to all her books!   Starter Marriage - Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starter-marriage/id1815319639 Starter Marriage - Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/show/1wtpq76qhV5ElAVaoI9zb3?si=66f9f4e1332e45d6 Emotional Support Lady Substack https://emotionalsupportlady.substack.com Sarah Schauer Substack https://sarahschauer.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another wonderful week in the communal Schauer, this time we’re discussing how to develop trust with others! Please keep in mind that this is the structure for trust (the frame) and that your interpretation and expression of trust (the art) are complimentary, not negating one another. I will be doing a part three to cover some accessibility nuances since we did discuss “work value.” Hopefully you finish this episode feeling refreshed and able to build trust in your own life.  You should also rate this 5 stars! (Please) Resources How to Get Into Research as a Hobby  https://open.substack.com/pub/sarahschauer/p/how-to-start-to-researching-as-a?r=3yb1cq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web  Subscribe to my Substack :) Neural Correlates of Trust  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0710103104 Revisiting the Morphology and Classification of the Paracingulate Gyrus with Commentaries on Ambiguous Cases  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8301833/ Affective Regulation https://www.drmitchkeil.com/glossary/affect-regulation/#:~:text=Affect%20Regulation%20refers%20to%20the,for%20addressing%20trauma%20and%20distress. Trust Me: Social Games are Better Than Social Icebreakers in Building Trust  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309024508_Trust_Me_Social_Games_are_Better_than_Social_Icebreakers_at_Building_Trust Definition of Contingent Trust https://lsd.law/define/contingent-trust Create Your Own Personal Constitution: A Blueprint for Living Your Best Life https://medium.com/storyangles/create-your-personal-constitution-a-blueprint-for-living-your-best-life-fb6fc2da39fe# Why Personal Boundaries Are Important and How to Develop Them https://fearlessliving.org/why-personal-boundaries-are-important-and-how-to-develop-them/ Levels of Measurement https://byjus.com/maths/scales-of-measurement/ Faith, Truth, and Forgiveness: How Your Brain Processes Abstract Thought: https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/october/abstract-thought.html On the Art and Craft of Doing Science - Kenneth Catania Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods - Shawn Wilson Your Brain on Art - Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross Chapter 5: Amplifying Learning - for my breakdown of saliency & it’s importance when learning Thank you for checking the resources, it means a lot to me. Have a great week. Get this new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at https://MINTMOBILE.com/SCHAUER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Howdy y’all! This week we’re starting to build some self-trust and next week we’ll be establishing trust with others. Like always, we will be taking the long way around the subject, going full third person, but that is necessary to survey the land (self) we are working on. Hopefully a little outdoor Schauer will loosen up the soil and make your excavating a bit easier.  Resources: Humanities Blast Courses  https://krieger.jhu.edu/humanities-institute/programs/humanities-blast-courses/ Self-Trust and How to Build It https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/stronger-the-broken-places/201909/self-trust-and-how-build-it How to Find Free or Affordable Therapy https://therapist.com/resources/free-affordable-therapy/ Includes: therapy w/ or w/o insurance, employee assistance programs, student wellness programs, organizations for marginalized groups & more Life In Three Dimensions - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices