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"Our nervous systems are set so that most of us experience a loss of a certain magnitude as more punishing than we would experience a gain of the same magnitude. And the reason for that is our nervous systems are tilted to protect us and partly we're protected by anxiety and pain."

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: May 31, 2010

Quote taken from The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Happiness and the Brain at 30:29.


"Our nervous systems are set so that most of us experience a loss of a certain magnitude as more punishing than we would experience a gain of the same magnitude. And the reason for that is our nervous systems are tilted to protect us and partly we're protected by anxiety and pain."

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: May 31, 2010

Quote taken from The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Happiness and the Brain at 30:29.


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