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Ep14 "Why do we have so little access to what’s happening under the hood?"

Ep14 "Why do we have so little access to what’s happening under the hood?"

Update: 2023-06-261
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Who is doing the choosing when you make a choice? Is there someone in your head but it’s not you? What is a chicken-sexer, and what do they have to do with British plane spotters during WWII? Do we have free will or don’t we? Dive in to discover the ways in which you typically operate with no conscious access to your behaviors.

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Ep14 "Why do we have so little access to what’s happening under the hood?"

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