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Having been guided early in life by his own curiosity alone, he grew up to be an independent-minded adult, following his own path in everything rather than deferring to duty and discipline—an outcome perhaps more far-reaching than his father had bargained for.
How to Live
Sarah Bakewell
Stop waiting to be told what you can and can’t do.
Once again, it is all about understanding mindstates and what motivated your behaviour. In fact, this process seems to underpin the very processes of remembering. Studies by psychologists suggest that when a witness at a criminal trial recalls what happened, they don’t replay a video of what happened; rather, they remember general principles such as likely motivations, and reconstruct the events to fit their understanding of the underlying motivations – which explains why witnesses often disagree even though they saw the same event.
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