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25 The brain is a highly interconnected organ with many different structures
responsible for producing our thoughts, feelings, and actions. When explaining
these things, I’ve adopted some conventions, such as describing the amygdala as
the sole cause of emotional flight-or-fight reactions, even though the exact
neuroanatomy is more complex. I’ll cover this in more detail in the following
chapter.
26 One way to do this is by asking questions like “Would you rather I be open with
my thoughts and questions or keep them to myself?”; “Are we going to try to
convince each other that we are right or are we going to open-mindedly hear each
other’s perspectives to try to figure out what’s true and what to do about it?”; or
“Are you arguing with me or seeking to understand my perspective?”
27 Psychologist and science journalist Daniel Goleman originally coined this term
in Emotional Intelligence.
28 Some of this may be a result of what is called the Dunning-Kruger effect, a
cognitive bias in which low-ability individuals believe that they are in fact superior.