Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why We Get Warning Fatigue, Prehistoric Monkeys Crossed the Atlantic on Rafts, and Why New Lovebirds Feel So Familiar

Learn about a bias in your brain that makes you ignore security warnings; why people who fall in love feel like they’ve known each other for years; and a crew of prehistoric monkeys that crossed the Atlantic Ocean on rafts.

May 01, 2020

Episode Show Notes:

You ignore more than just your browser security warnings because of "warning fatigue" by Grant Currin

Why do people in love feel like they've known each other for years? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Jonathan)

Crew of prehistoric monkeys rafted across the Atlantic to South America by Grant Currin

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