Learning English with Human Beans

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#80 - Why do we feel like laughing when we absolutely shouldn’t?

#79 — Wait… You Hear Music in Colors?

#78 - Dear AI, I’m Cheating on My Therapist?

#77 - The "Attention Span Crisis" Is a Lie!

#76 - Who Are You After a Breakup?

#75 - Why do myths, TV series, and films fill the same social role religion once did?

#74 – The Psychology Years

#73 — Selfish or Altruistic. What is our true nature?

#72 – Is Utopia the Narcissus of politics?

#71 – What Does It Mean to Live in De-Hope?

#70 – Mikasa Ackerman's Psychological Journey

#69 – Music! Music!! Music!!!

#68 – Understanding Narcissism Through Barney Stinson.

#67 – Do We Really Want What We Desire?

#66 – The End of Reading? (Pt. 3 – Reader, Come Home)

#65 – The End of Reading (Pt. 2 – Why Deep Reading Saves Democracy?)

#64 – The End of Reading? (Pt. 1 – The Hemorrhage of Patience)

#63 - When Paradise Becomes Prison (Pluribus - Review)

#62 – Born to Kill? (The Science of Evil)

#61 – Why Do Smart People Hate Small Talk? (Need for Cognition and Intellectual Stimulation)

#60 – Why Your Intelligent Brain Exhausts You Chasing the "Best" ?

#59 – Does Concrete Have a Soul? (The Brutalist - Review).

#58 – Why Does Your Libido Ghost You When You’re Naked?

#57 – Is Your Identity Just Another Fiction? (The Don Quixote Syndrome)

#56 – Can You Heal Your Brain With Stories? (Bibliotherapy & The Proteus Effect)

#55 – Do you become someone else when you read? (The Experience Taking)

#54 – Why Are Dragons More Reassuring Than Humans?

#53 – Is Your Best Friend Imaginary?

#52 – Why Do You Pay to Have Nightmares?

#51 – Does Culture Control Your Emotions? (The Engineering of Surprise – Part 3/3)

#50 – Why Do You Love Spoilers? (The Engineering of Surprise – Part 2/3)

#49 – Why Does Your Brain Love Being Tricked? (The Engineering of Surprise - Part 1/3)

#48 – What If You Were Already Dead and No One Told You?

#47 – Why Do You Suddenly Want to Throw Your Baby Out the Window?

#46 – Post-Orgasmic Shame: Why Do You Become a Puritan Philosopher in 3 Seconds?

#45 – Who Is Driving the Bus When You Scroll?

#44 – What Happens When You Do Nothing?

#42 – Do the words you use change how you feel?

#41 – Why you are an entire universe that is dying out, and why that's okay.

#40 – Why is it physically impossible to admit that you're wrong?

#39 – Does it hurt, or do you think it hurts?

#38 - Are you sure you're awake?

#37 - Why are incompetent people so confident? (And why you doubt yourself)

#36 - Why do you think everyone is looking at you? (Escaping Social Paranoia)

#35 - Why do you treat your future self like a stranger? (The science of procrastination)

#34 - Does analysis paralyze genius? (Or why overthinking kills art)

#33 - Understanding Metacognition Through Mindfulness

#32 - Deconstructing "It Was Better Before" - Pt. 4

#31 - Deconstructing "It Was Better Before" - Pt. 3

#30 - Deconstructing "It Was Better Before" - Pt. 2