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by zip1234 2894 days ago
Check out the "You Are No So Smart" podcast. The author goes through all of the ways that our brain can be tricked/is tricked in daily life. https://youarenotsosmart.com/

For example, in one episode [https://youarenotsosmart.com/2016/10/09/yanss-085-memory-ill...]: "Julia Shaw’s research demonstrates the fact that there is no reason to believe a memory is more accurate just because it is vivid or detailed. Actually, that’s a potentially dangerous belief.

Shaw used techniques similar to police interrogations, and over the course of three conversations she and her team were able to convince a group of college students that those students had committed a felony crime.

In this episode, you’ll hear her explain how easy it is to implant the kind of false memories that cause people just like you to believe they deserve to go to jail for crimes that never happened and what she suggests police departments should do to avoid such distortions of the truth."

TL/DR: What is reality? How can I even trust my senses?

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That podcast is great. Should also be required listening for anyone who does any kind of investment. One reason people keep falling for the same scams over and over is that they think they're too smart to fall for a scam.