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Stephen Palmer
Oct 18, 2024
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I’m concluding my jaunt through human emotion today. What happens when reality and our mental models are out of synch?

Although we feel a full range of emotions relating to the fundamental, universal experiences of our lives, those emotions don’t always rise up at once into conscious awareness. This is despite the great importance of the knowledge of rel…

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