The Psychological Power Of Expectations - David Robson - #456
Modern Wisdom
04/04/22
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David Robson is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour.
Our expectations have a profound effect on the outcomes we get in life. This isn't positive vibes from The Secret, this is one of the most replicable, robust effects that impacts pretty much everything we care about to do with our lives and health.
Expect to learn how people with no gluten intolerance can have a gluten reaction after eating a meal with no gluten in it, why the drones at Gatwick were probably imagined, why French people eat worse than Americans but live longer, how your thoughts are more important than your genes when it comes to athletic performance and much more...
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(00:00) Intro (01:26) Expectation Effect & Placebo Effect (07:33) How the Mind Imitates Illness (16:19) Applying the Placebo Effect (27:40) Expectation Effect on Sleep & Ageing (33:49) Why Do These Effects Exist? (41:26) Does Willpower Deplete? (51:38) Contagious Expectations (58:44) Applying the Expectation Effect (1:04:41) Where to Find David
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The Wisdom Of Intuition - Iain McGilchrist - #455
April 2, 2022
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Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, author and a former Oxford literary scholar.
Modern society praises rationality as the pinnacle destination we should all aim for. Tradition and intuition are seen as a silly, inaccurate, hokey approach for which we have more precise solutions now. Iain has identified that neuroscience, philosophy, theology and psychology don't always agree with this though.
Expect to learn why the modern world is so obsessed with cognition, why deliberateness makes less sense the more experienced you are, what happens if someone loses one half of their brain, what horse racing experts and Isle of Man motorcyclists can teach us about intuition and much more...
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(00:00) Intro (00:22) Common Threads in Iain’s Work (09:00) Society’s Lack of Intuition (13:43) Defining Wisdom (18:45) Cognition vs Intuition (31:59) Left & Right Sides of the Brain (36:52) Functionality of Brain Sections (51:50) Optimism for the Future (58:54) Our Moral Obligations (1:01:27) Where to Find Iain
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Modern dating is difficult. Thankfully Logan has access to all the data from Hinge and can conduct as many studies as she wants on trends and preferences from thousands of people in and out of relationships.
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The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman
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