Jemma Spake
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 23 Apr
Jemma Spake’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They said, there may be some pictures of some neutral things.
There may be some pictures of some scary things.
This group had the highest level of anxiety of any of the other groups.
Even the group that knew 100% of the time they were going to see the scary image.
You would imagine that that group would be the most fearful, right?
Because there was 100% chance they were going to see something they didn't want to see.
But what this study really revealed was that, again, it's not the fear.
It's the uncertainty about whether what's going to happen will be good or bad.
It's that 50-50 chance that means that we never feel fully prepared.
Another interesting finding from this same study
In that round where there was a 50-50 chance, you know, are you going to see the positive or neutral image or are you going to see the negative image?
The participants always expected the negative.
Every single round, their body was showing signs that they were anticipating the worst case scenario, even though the outcome could just have easily have been neutral.
We see this outside an experimental setting all the time.
We never overthink that things could go well.
Like when was the last time you expected not just a good outcome, but like a neutral outcome?
Our mind never goes down that path.
It always chooses the worst case scenario.
So of course it's going to be all consuming.
It's skewed towards everything terrible.
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