The Gods Must Be Counterintuitive

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.4 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 73 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 Lamb and Joe McCormick as they discuss the minimal counterintuitiveness effect.

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1:34.6	Welcome to Stuff To Blow Your Mind from howstuffworks.com.
1:38.6	Hey, welcome to Stuff To Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lamb.
1:47.2	And I'm Joe McCormick and Robert. This might be kind of a strange question.
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