From the Vault: The Gods Must Be Counterintuitive

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Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 3 August 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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What’s the key to a lasting myth, a captivating religion or a sensational film pitch? Some cognitive scientists and anthropologists argue that the key is a minimally counterintuitive narrative: the right balance of the mundane with just a dash of the unreasonable and unexpected. Join Robert and Joe as they discuss the minimal counterintuitiveness effect. (Originally published August 2, 2018)

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0:00.0	Why's up?
0:01.0	GLA double dollar signage shot.
0:02.9	That's right glasses in my lawn.
0:04.3	I check no cellars on the Black Effect podcast network.
0:07.6	No cellars is a weekly conversation where we shed light and perspectives on some of the
0:12.1	most uncomfortable topics.
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0:20.9	Listen to no cellars podcasts on the Black Effect podcast network, I heart radio app,
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0:30.2	Hello, this is Brett Goldstein.
0:31.7	I'm a comedian and actor, writer, director, swimmer, and I love films.
0:35.2	Come join me on my podcast, Films To Be Barried With, where I invite a special guest
0:39.1	over, I tell them they died, then I get them to discuss their life through the films
0:42.8	that meant the most to them.
0:43.8	What films scared them the most?
0:45.1	What made them cry the most?
0:46.4	Etc.
0:47.4	At the end, they pick a film to go and their coffin and take to heaven.
0:50.3	Life, death, and movies.
0:52.1	Listen to films to be buried with Brett Goldstein on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network
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