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  1. Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 06:36:21 JST Flipboard Science Desk Flipboard Science Desk

    Why big numbers break our brains.

    NPR quotes a neuroscientist: "Our brains are evolutionarily very old and we are pushing them to do things that we've only just recently conceptualized."

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    1. Why big numbers break our brains : Short Wave
      In celebration of our 1000th episode, we're wrapping our heads around big numbers. Educational neuroscientist Elizabeth Toomarian talks about why humans' evolutionarily-old brains are so bad at comprehending large quantities–like the national debt and the size of the universe–and how to better equip ourselves to understand important issues like our finances and the impacts of climate change.Interested in other ways our brains make sense of the world? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.

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