And understanding that our brain processes every experience sequentially also helps explain miscommunication between brains—in other words, between people. Communication, after all, is about getting some idea, concept, or story from your cortex to another person’s cortex. From the smart part of your brain to the smart part of their brain. The problem is that we don’t communicate directly from cortex to cortex. We have to go through the lower parts of the brain. All the rational thoughts from our cortex have to get through the emotional filters of the lower brain. Our facial expression, tone of
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