The Scar Experiment - Weekly Dose of Curiosity (HRD)

Описание: Your brain is lying to you - and you don't even know it.

In 1980, psychologists Robert Kleck and Angelo Strenta ran a quietly disturbing experiment: they convinced volunteers they had visible facial scars — then secretly removed them before sending participants into a real social interaction. The result? People with perfectly clear faces reported being stared at, judged, and treated differently.

This experiment reveals something profound about how the human brain constructs reality - and what that means for confirmation bias, self-perception, and emotional experience in everyday life.

Drawing on neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett's Theory of Constructed Emotions (How Emotions Are Made), we explore why your brain doesn't just register reality - it builds a story around it. And once that story starts, it's very hard to stop.

If you've ever walked into a room feeling insecure, or wondered whether people were judging you — this one's for you.

Timestamps
00:00 – Introduction
00:16 – The scar study: what really happened
01:27 – What this reveals about discrimination & confirmation bias
02:11 – Lisa Feldman Barrett & the Theory of Constructed Emotions
03:27 – Viktor Frankl & the space between stimulus and response

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