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The Superhuman Power Of The Brain

The Superhuman Power Of The Brain

A simple look at our brain, we would see a blob of jiggly meat, however, this blob of jiggly meat is extremely powerful. Through years of evolution, our brains are responsible for conjuring our pasts and predicting our futures, control our bodies, and create our experiences in the past and the present.

Our brains can also modify our physical reality through a social reality where we can make up something out of nothing and convince other people to treat it as real.

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