Peter Attia· MD
The basil ganglia's job is essentially to make habits because without those habits we essentially can't evolve, right? Right? We just spend too much time in cognition.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
The basil ganglia's job is essentially to make habits because without those habits we essentially can't evolve, right? Right? We just spend too much time in cognition.
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