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“Change your beliefs.” This rarely works. Your brain isn’t stupid. It knows when you’re trying to install a belief you don’t actually hold. Here’s what’s actually happening… Your brain doesn’t see reality. It predicts reality based on priors. It runs a constant mental simulation of what it expects to happen next, and it uses your…
