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🗓️ 11 June 2020
⏱️ 131 minutes
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Dr Jack Lewis is a Neuroscientist, television presenter and an author.
Why do we do the things we know we shouldn't? The 7 deadly sins have defined for hundreds of years and yet we all still fall prey to them.
Expect to learn the underpinnings of our willpower, neuroscience's explanations for why we tend toward sinning, whether we have control over what makes us sexually aroused, a justification for punching someone in the face and much more...
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0:00.0 | Hello my beauties, welcome back to Podcast Land. My guest today is Dr. Jack Lewis and we |
0:07.7 | are talking about the science underpinning the seven deadly sins. Dr. Lewis is a neuroscientist, |
0:14.0 | which means he understands how the brain works and his most recent book looks at why we |
0:19.7 | do the things we know we shouldn't. Seven deadly sins have been defined for hundreds |
0:24.8 | of years and yet we all still fall prey to them. So expect to learn the underpinnings |
0:29.8 | of our willpower, neuroscience is explanations for why we tend towards sinning, whether |
0:35.0 | we have control over what makes us sexually aroused, a justification for punching someone |
0:39.4 | in the face and much more. Do you need to give a tiny warning that there is a little bit |
0:45.1 | of discussion with regards to pedophilia in this podcast and if that is something that |
0:49.8 | makes you uncomfortable, go and check out one of our other episodes. I also need to |
0:54.4 | give you a warning that this episode is two hours long. I was just having far too much |
0:59.3 | fun with Dr. Lewis, you know, and we got a bit of a bromance thing going on and time |
1:04.5 | run away from me. So yeah, strap yourself in. In other news, if you listen very carefully, |
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