Navy SEALs Are Just Aggressive Theater Kids

Your brain is a lying machine—and that's the only reason you're alive. This episode dives into imagination, not the Disney sparkle-fingers kind, but the prehistoric survival software running in the background of your skull 24/7. We'll explore why Navy SEALs are basically aggressive theater kids, how a crow named Betty outsmarted Oxford scientists by inventing tools on the fly, and why your anxiety might actually be an evolutionary flex. Turns out, the paranoid storyteller survived while the guy doing probability calculations got eaten by a saber-tooth.

We'll also unpack why your New Year's resolutions fail by January 19th (hint: you're asking your brain to direct five movies at once), what Admiral Nelson's "I don't care how you win, just win" strategy can teach you about planning, and why somewhere between 3-12% of adults are secretly maintaining detailed goblin kingdoms in their heads while doing your taxes. Plus, today's Dumb Word of the Day and challenge for the week.

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