How to Become Batman

Invisibilia

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🗓️ 23 January 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In "How to Become Batman," Alix and Lulu examine the surprising effect that our expectations can have on the people around us. You'll hear how people's expectations can influence how well a rat runs a maze. Plus, the story of a man who is blind and says expectations have helped him see. Yes. See. This journey is not without skeptics.

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0:00.0	From NPR News, this is Invisibilia.
0:02.5	I'm Mollie Speagle, and I'm Lulu Miller.
0:05.0	And today, we're going to tell you a story
0:07.2	that we think is going to make you believe something
0:09.8	that you do not currently believe, right?
0:13.8	And to begin to explain this story,
0:16.1	we want to introduce you to something.
0:18.7	A rat.
0:19.7	Oh!
0:20.7	Hi, buddy!
0:22.5	Recently, Lulu and I got a rat, and we brought it to NPR.
0:26.7	So can you just describe what we got here?
0:28.8	It's a rat.
0:29.6	Pinkish ears.
0:30.6	Wait a second.
0:31.6	Long nose.
0:32.6	And we invited people into this room one by one
0:35.4	to sit in front of the rat, look it in the eye,
0:38.8	and answer one question.
0:40.4	Do you think that the thoughts that you have in your head,
0:45.6	OK, the private thoughts that you have in your head,
0:47.8	could influence how that rat moves through space?
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