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I'm Michael Lewis, and this is Against the Rules.

If you've been listening to this season on sports gambling, then you already know that at the

heart of everything is one thing, human psychology, how to understand the passion of fans,

how to play mind games with them.

It just so happens that there's another show in my neighborhood here at Pushkin that's all

about human psychology.

And what research tells us about our own minds. That's the Happiness Lab, hosted by Dr. Lori Santos.

Lori's a psychology professor at Yale, and a while back she did an episode that grabbed my attention.

It's called Nerd Out, The Happiness of Being a Fan.

It starts with the story of a woman who became obsessed with the British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, and it's delightful.

Here's Laurie asking the big questions about fan psychology. Could embracing a deep love

of a seemingly trivial thing and doing so openly and without guilt be the key to feeling more

connected and more present? Would each of us become a lot happier if we two could at least

metaphorically get Cumberbatched.

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