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from another planet. Maybe it's part of that ancient civilization on Earth that's been hiding in the ocean. Anyway, I'm going to put that in the category of I don't believe a single part of it. Let's check and see if there's any science that I can debunk. According to Discover there's a therapy that's targeted at controlling emotions to help ease chronic pain. So they used a type of therapy on em…
← Previous segment →and it looks all professional and somebody spent money on it and there's a diploma, they will get hypnotized much more easily than if it was just your neighbor Bob. Hey Bob, I hear you're a hypnotist. Yeah, just sit on this dining room table and I'll hypnotize you. That would still work if Bob is good at it. But we were trained that you should make it look like it'll work because it makes it easier.
Here's one. Maybe they could have just asked me and saved a little time. According to UCLA, people who are curious might help them stay sharp as they get older and keep them from getting Alzheimer's. Do you believe that people who are curious are more protected against Alzheimer's? Yes. That would be compatible with everything that's ever been tested about people who might get Alzheimer's. The more you use your brain, the less likely you get Alzheimer's. That's one of the most com
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monly studied things you've ever seen. So of course people who are naturally curious are going to spend more time doing intellectual things to satisfy their curiosity. So did they really need to do a study to find that curious people are more protected from Alzheimer's? They did not. They could have just asked me. I would have saved them a lot of time. Curious people, they would use their brains m…
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