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But they learn that mistakes are undesirable inadvertently when teachers or parents are eager to hear just correct answers and reject mistakes rather than welcome and examine them to learn from them, or when we look for narrow responses rather than encourage more exploratory thinking that we can all learn from.

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Some of the best engineers would rather quit than be micromanaged, especially when the job market is hot, and it’s so easy to switch jobs.

And since I'm realistic, rather than grandiose, I don't claim that the ability to control the function of the nervous system will at once unravel all its mysteries.

Sticking wires into the brain is obviously rather crude.

We can now actually interfere with their psychology in rather profound ways, as I'll show you in my last example, which is directed at a familiar question.

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