Understand that doctors, patients, neighbors, scientists, politicians, celebrities are just people. Homo sapiens are a broken species trying to get the best of what we have. We have all that dysfunction but we have to realize that we are also amazing at making plans and analyzing things. The human brain is also an animal brain that is also bad at doing what is best for us.
Reward Systems are not designed for things that are just good for us. They are designed for things that optimize the survival and progression of our species. The reward systems also grab on to any behavior that makes us feel good but might also destroy us. (“high-risk” behaviors like smoking, drugs and alcohol).
The human brain is really not optimized for making best choices.
We have seen the function and dysfunction of people around us, including ourselves.
The Real Problem: The arrogance of one’s brain being intelligent and being right, and the lack of humility of accepting that your brain, in a lot of times, is stupid and wrong
