Schauer Thoughts

• Why AI Will Never Truly “Replace” Humans Pt. 2

  This week we’re doing a part two to why AI will never truly replace human beings - we’ll discuss neuroscience, opinions from accredited experts, as well as go on several explanatory tangents about how the brain *actually* works and how AI does not work like that. Please enjoy this week’s communal Schauer and I hope (a type of wonder -> happiness + fear) to see you all join my book club, starting September 21 & 22nd! More information linked below. Book Club Info: Sunday & Monday dates available! Substack: https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership Resources: The Human Brain Doesn’t Learn, Think or Recall Like an AI. Embrace the difference https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-07-09/human-brain-artificial-intelligence-model Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli  This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas The Nature and Technique of Understanding: Some Fundamentals of Semantics - Hugh Woodworth  - Book I talked about having feelings, sensations, etc. outlined - pg. 26 & 27 Epistemic Injustice: Power & the Ethics of Knowing - Miranda Fricker  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• Why ‘AI’ Will Never Truly Replace Humans

  This week we’re going over what AI can’t “afford” to do that the human brain can! Next week we will cover more on the “neuroscience” (actually just programming) of AI, as well as the ecological impacts. No need to sit tight, this week we’re sensing, feeling, and moving through the communal Schauer as a collective to spite some *very much* artificial intelligence.  Get this new customer offer and your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just $15 a month at https://MintMobile.com/SCHAUER Book Club: For information about my book club, as well as cost, schedule, and additional learning opportunities, please visit my Substack, linked below.  The outline, as well as the platform it will be hosted on - likely Patreon (not Substack, even though I do know the platform can host book clubs) will go up on my Substack at noon PST on Wednesday, September 10.  I hope you all can join, I am so beyond excited to read and share with you all! My Substack:  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Book Club Book: Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Makes a Fuller, Better Life - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD Resources:  Your Brain Instantly Sees What You Can Do, AI Still Can’t https://neurosciencenews.com/human-ai-visual-encoding-29279/ The Human Brain Doesn’t Learn, Think or Recall Like an AI. Embrace the Difference https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-07-09/human-brain-artificial-intelligence-model Mind Brain Lecture: Neuroscientist Anthony Zador on the Future of AI and the Brain https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/mind-brain-lecture-neuroscientist-anthony-zador-on-the-future-of-ai-and-the-brain/ Don’t agree with this guys aim or enthusiasm, but his opinion is revealing The Posterior Parietal Area V6A: An Attentional-Modulated Visuomotor Region Involved in the Control of Reach-to-Grasp Action https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422003128 Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation - Christopher Kemp Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Tech Agnostic - Greg M. Epstein The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli  Additional Links The Huntington Library & Gardens  https://www.huntington.org Madeline Garden & Bistro https://www.instagram.com/madeline_garden/?hl=en Photoskin: Illuminating Body Gloss  Glistening “body oil” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• Let’s Breakdown the Matt Rife, E.L.F. Cosmetics “Rage Bait” CamPAIN

  This week we’re getting into the psychology, strategy, and *alleged* manipulation tactics of E.L.F. Cosmetic’s latest beauty campaign featuring *womp womp* Matt Rife. Come bare faced or use a good setting spray because the communal Schauer is hot this week and methods to conceal will be tested and removed.  My Substack:  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Resources:Flow - Mihaly Csikszemtmihalyi  The Science of Revenge - James Kimmel, Jr. JD How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life - Sissela Bok Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People - G. Richard Shell Why It’s So Hard to Ask for Help https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/passion/202308/why-its-so-hard-to-ask-for-help Exclusive: The Story Behind ELF’s Controversial Matt Rife Campaign  https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/exclusive-the-story-behind-elfs-controversial-matt-rife-campaign/ Paltering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltering Evidence of paltering https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/exclusive-the-story-behind-elfs-controversial-matt-rife-campaign/ Who does nostalgia speak to? https://www.kantar.com/inspiration/advertising-media/take-me-back-the-power-of-nostalgia-in-advertising Elf Cosmetics Puts Beauty Prices on Trial After Raising Its Own https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/elf-cosmetics-puts-beauty-prices-on-trial-after-raising-its-own/ ELF Beauty Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire rhode in $1 Billion Deal https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250528613364/en/e.l.f.-Beauty-Announces-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-rhode-in-%241-Billion-Deal Jester’s Privilege  https://ludwig.guru/blog/the-jesters-privilege-or-the-power-of-being-unheard/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• Flow State, Method Acting, and Becoming the Person You Want to Be Pt. 2

  Here we are, part two of our series on becoming who you want to be using method acting and flow state! This week we’ll be fleshing out our potential new personas, giving them motivations, beliefs, lore, and much more to *temporarily* adopt characteristics to expand our range - logically and expressively. No need for movement clothes or dance shoes in the communal Schauer, just hop in whenever you’re ready. Make sure to like and subscribe on Youtube, as well as rate my 5 stars on whichever platform you’re streaming from! Thank you. Substack  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Resources: What is Self-Esteem? https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-self-esteem-2795868  Understanding the Interplay Between the Nervous and Muscular Systems https://www.maven-pt.com/maven-stories/understanding-the-interplay-between-the-nervous-and-muscular-systems Character Development: A Guide for Actors https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/character-development-for-actors-76083/#:~:text=Gather%20as%20many%20basic%20details,role%2C%20message%2C%20and%20theme. The Outside In Acting Technique  https://www.stagemilk.com/acting-technique-outside-in/ Nine components associated with the flow state experience  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/table/behavsci-10-00137-t001/ How to Get Into Flow State: 8 Tips to Unlock Peak Performance https://www.flowresearchcollective.com/blog/how-to-get-into-flow-state A Review on the Role of the Neuroscience of Flow States in the Modern World https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/#B15-behavsci-10-00137 Color Psychology: Does It Affect How You Feel? https://www.verywellmind.com/color-psychology-2795824 How ambient temperature affects mood: an ecological momentary assessment study in Switzerland  https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-023-01003-9 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• Flow State, Method Acting, and Becoming the Person You Want to Be Pt. 1

  Welcome back! We’re discussing the psychology, neuroscience, and applications of method acting and flow state to develop behavioral and character range, aka “become the person you want.” This week’s communal Schauer will be very STEAM heavy, but don’t worry, next week we’re bringing it all together to cultivate a performance that feels personal and true to you (and who you could be).  Make sure to “like” and subscribe on Youtube, rate my 5-stars wherever you get your podcasts, and check out my Substack where I have additional musings. Substack  https://substack.com/@sarahschauer?utm_source=user-menu Resources: The Psychological Effects of Method Acting https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-psychological-effects-of-method-acting-45035 The Neuroscience of Romeo and Juliet: an fMRI study of acting https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.181908 A Review on the Role of the Neuroscience of Flow States in the Modern World  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/#B15-behavsci-10-00137 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  Your Conscious Mind - New Scientist  The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism - Fritjof Capra  The Meaning of Proofs: Mathematics as Storytelling - Cabriele Lolli Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation - Christopher Kemp This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Obi Ogas Reductionism in Art & Brain Science: Bridging the Two Cultures - Eric R. Kandel  A Little Book of Language - David Crystal Submit - A Memoir by Sonnett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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