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The Unknown Super Power of The Brain

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While attending the "The Science of Well-Being" course from Yale University, one of my biggest take away so far is that our brain actually has one super power that we may not realize. In case you are wondering, NO, we do not need to expose ourselves to any deadly radiation or to go through some brain operation like in Black Mirror series, to gain that super power. Every single one of us possesses that super power, and our brain is continuously practicing it, whether we like it or not. The super power that I am talking about is, for the lack of better term, is "Getting used to stuff". This super power, although it does not allow us to move stuffs using our brain, or navigate into other's brain, I find it rather fascinating. I believe that one of the reasons mankind is able to exist until today is contributed to this superpower. Our brain, in some sort, is coded to get used to stuff. Why? Probably by getting used to stuff, we will spend less energy to focus and re