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67. How Can You Escape Binary Thinking?

No Stupid Questions

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The Sandwich That Restarted A Lizard

  • Marty Seligman's lab lizard wouldn't eat until a sandwich—covered accidentally by a newspaper—triggered hunting and it ate everything.
  • Angela uses this story to contrast the reward (the sandwich) with the thrill and cost of getting it.
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