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Your brain treats “maybe” as a threat because uncertainty is its least favorite genre.

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People generally dislike uncertainty, and research suggests that not knowing an outcome can be more stressful than a known bad one. The brain does not literally treat 'maybe' as a threat to its favorite genre.

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