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The Rest Is Science •5 Jul 2026 55 here now

Your Brain Invents Pain. Here's Why.

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Stubbing your toe feels like the pain is entirely in your foot. But the reality is far stranger... the agonising sensation you experience is actually a highly complex, constructed illusion, invented i

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