Kirk Allen and the Cooperative Illusion
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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4.4 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
We all daydream and many of us funnel our imagination into creative acts. But what happens when these exercises overpower us? In this two-part Stuff to Blow Your Mind exploration, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore the strange case of nuclear physicist Kirk Allen, whose imagination may have gotten the better of him -- and his psychoanalyst. Dive into the world of cooperative illusions and maladaptive daydreaming.
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