Arthur Brooks

That's not Disney. That's not Disney. It's my best friend. I mean, that's not the end of the film. It's my best friend. It's like, dude, I don't know. That's not happily ever after in the movies, but that is happily ever after in real life.

Yeah, it is. And this is one of the reasons that couples that are formed in religious communities, they tend to do quite well. Right. Because they have this supernatural basis for the relationship as opposed to the feelings basis for the relationship. If your assumption is that my emotions are everything, woe be unto you.

Yeah, it is. And this is one of the reasons that couples that are formed in religious communities, they tend to do quite well. Right. Because they have this supernatural basis for the relationship as opposed to the feelings basis for the relationship. If your assumption is that my emotions are everything, woe be unto you.

Yeah, it is. And this is one of the reasons that couples that are formed in religious communities, they tend to do quite well. Right. Because they have this supernatural basis for the relationship as opposed to the feelings basis for the relationship. If your assumption is that my emotions are everything, woe be unto you.

Because that depends on what you're digesting.

Because that depends on what you're digesting.

Because that depends on what you're digesting.

It's terrible. It's terrible. By the way, this is not just about marriage. This is not just about relationships. It's about everything. Everything. Everything. Look, emotions are produced by the limbic system of the brain, a structure of tissue evolved between 2 and 40 million years ago.

It's terrible. It's terrible. By the way, this is not just about marriage. This is not just about relationships. It's about everything. Everything. Everything. Look, emotions are produced by the limbic system of the brain, a structure of tissue evolved between 2 and 40 million years ago.

It's terrible. It's terrible. By the way, this is not just about marriage. This is not just about relationships. It's about everything. Everything. Everything. Look, emotions are produced by the limbic system of the brain, a structure of tissue evolved between 2 and 40 million years ago.

It's designed to take signals that come from the outside below your level of consciousness and translate them into a language that says either you should approach or avoid a thing. Right, don't die. That's what emotions are for. Emotions are for two things, to keep you alive and get your calories and find mates so that you can survive and pass on your genes. That's what emotions are for.

It's designed to take signals that come from the outside below your level of consciousness and translate them into a language that says either you should approach or avoid a thing. Right, don't die. That's what emotions are for. Emotions are for two things, to keep you alive and get your calories and find mates so that you can survive and pass on your genes. That's what emotions are for.

It's designed to take signals that come from the outside below your level of consciousness and translate them into a language that says either you should approach or avoid a thing. Right, don't die. That's what emotions are for. Emotions are for two things, to keep you alive and get your calories and find mates so that you can survive and pass on your genes. That's what emotions are for.

Biologically, that's what emotions are for. But we've built them up into this like cosmic thing. No, no, no, man. Their job is not to tell you the truth. The job is all it is to keep you not dead. And so the whole point is you have a prefrontal cortex in your brain with the tissue right behind the bumper, right behind a brain, 30% of your brain by weight.

Biologically, that's what emotions are for. But we've built them up into this like cosmic thing. No, no, no, man. Their job is not to tell you the truth. The job is all it is to keep you not dead. And so the whole point is you have a prefrontal cortex in your brain with the tissue right behind the bumper, right behind a brain, 30% of your brain by weight.

Biologically, that's what emotions are for. But we've built them up into this like cosmic thing. No, no, no, man. Their job is not to tell you the truth. The job is all it is to keep you not dead. And so the whole point is you have a prefrontal cortex in your brain with the tissue right behind the bumper, right behind a brain, 30% of your brain by weight.

That's what makes you human is the prefrontal cortex as opposed to being a squirrel or something right behind your forehead. You want the emotional information to get to your prefrontal cortex so you can decide what do these emotions mean? where they come from, what am I gonna do, and should I disregard them? But if you're living according to your emotions, man, you're the squirrel.

That's what makes you human is the prefrontal cortex as opposed to being a squirrel or something right behind your forehead. You want the emotional information to get to your prefrontal cortex so you can decide what do these emotions mean? where they come from, what am I gonna do, and should I disregard them? But if you're living according to your emotions, man, you're the squirrel.

That's what makes you human is the prefrontal cortex as opposed to being a squirrel or something right behind your forehead. You want the emotional information to get to your prefrontal cortex so you can decide what do these emotions mean? where they come from, what am I gonna do, and should I disregard them? But if you're living according to your emotions, man, you're the squirrel.

You know, it's like, gotta get a nut.