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Our brains occasionally mistake something harmless for a real threat. This is what scientists call a “proxy failure.” Negative or dangerous proxies are a signal to draw our attention to something that might be important or dangerous, even if it’s not. jayvanbavellab.substack.com/p/changing-t...
May 11, 2025, 9:29 PM
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