Episode Details

Why does your mind do things you did not ask it to? Because three separate minds get the information before you do.

The instinctual mind checks whether you are about to die. The subconscious stores everything from birth in vivid detail and asks what happened last time, and if it did not kill you, it does it again. That is where every habit you have comes from. Only then does the human mind get a say, and often the decision is already made. None of them are your enemy. They are just not looking after you for the reasons you assume. Also, you are living about a tenth of a second behind reality. All of us are.

One thing to try: Next time you are angry, say it out loud. I am feeling angry, and my mind wants to do that. Then watch what happens.

In this episode

• (3:55) The instinctual mind and what it costs to get past it
• (5:29) The subconscious stores it vividly so you never repeat it
• (6:31) Why a smell or a song brings the fear back
• (7:37) If it did not kill you, do it again. That is a habit
• (10:29) One plus one, and why you did not work it out
• (12:32) If the human mind had been there, you would not have done it
• (17:33) The two speakers experiment
• (18:54) Everything you see happened a tenth of a second ago
• (22:59) Why I stopped arguing with my sister

With gratitude to

Katherine, and Jesse's Girl in Australia for the reviews

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