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The Emotional Brain vs The Rational Brain
This episode explores the lifelong tension between fast emotional reactions and slower rational thought. It explains why people may consciously reject a superstition while still feeling uneasy about breaking a ritual, ignoring an omen, or losing a lucky object. The episode examines emotional learning, stress, memory, intuition, confirmation bias, and the way powerful feelings can make coincidences and rituals seem more convincing than statistics.
Rather than portraying emotion and logic as enemies, the episode shows how both systems serve important purposes. Emotion provides urgency…
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