■ Three minutes of heat? It's not your fault, it's human instinct. 01- Instinctive brain. Beginning about 360 million years ago, reptiles appeared on Earth, and in order to adapt to life on land, they

■ Three minutes of heat?

It's not your fault, it's human instinct.

01- Instinctive brain.

Beginning about 360 million years ago, reptiles appeared on Earth, and in order to adapt to life on land, they evolved the first "instinctive brains". The structure of the instinct brain is simple, with only a primitive reflex module, such as fleeing or fighting in the face of danger, and preying on prey. Reptiles have neither emotion nor reason.

02 Emotional Brain.

About 200 million years ago, mammals began to appear, in order to better adapt to the environment, evolved emotions, known as "emotional brains", the emergence of emotions greatly improved the survival advantages of mammals, such as the fear of peers can keep themselves away from danger, excitement can make them more focused on hunting. This is also why many people like to have pets such as kittens and puppies, because they can communicate emotionally with us.

03 Rational brain.

About 2.5 million years ago, humans emerged from mammals and evolved the "neocortex" in the forehead region of the brain, a new brain region known as the "rational brain." It has given us language, technology, civilization, and humanity's absolute superiority on this planet.

Thus evolved humans had three triple brains: the old instinct brain, the relatively old emotional brain, and the very young rational brain.

Although the rational brain is advanced, its power is too small compared to the instinctive brain and the emotional brain.

Here's why:

1. If you compare them to humans, the instinct brain is 100 years old, the emotional brain is 55 years old, and the rational brain is less than 1 year old, so even if the 1-year-old child is smart, it cannot be compared with adults.

2. Our brain has about 86 billion neuronal cells, the instinct brain and the emotional brain account for 80%, and they are closer to the heart, so when there is tension, it always feels like your brain is blank, this is because the rational brain ischemia, and the instinctive brain and the emotional brain have received blood supply first.

3. The instinct brain and the emotional brain seem to be relatively low-level, but they are ten million times faster than the rational brain, so many of our decisions are often based on instinct and emotion, rather than reason. Their genes have always been shaped by the pressure of survival, so they have developed short-sightedness and instant gratification, and any problem encountered is easy to avoid and rush to succeed.

Therefore, the conclusion is that many times the rational brain cannot beat the instinctive brain and the emotional brain, and the instinctual brain and the emotional brain nature is to take refuge and become easy, which is why what is done is three minutes of heat, and it cannot be persisted.

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