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[prillalar]

Loved this Wired article on science and how our brains deal with failure: Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up

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[leviosa8.livejournal.com]

A very interesting read, thanks. I remember re-reading the list of the most common bias in the Wikipedia a couple of years ago, just to make me realize how much I always took for granted and manipulated my own perception of *everything*.

[prillalar]

I know -- the more I read about the brain, the more I realise it feeds us a pretty skewed version of reality. Fascinating but scary.