MindHack
What happens when you give an overthinking entrepreneur a microphone, a curiosity obsession, and access to the sharpest minds on the planet?
You get MindHack - the podcast for founders, builders, and high-performers who want to upgrade their brain like they upgrade their software.
Each week, Cody McLain (entrepreneur since 15, burnout survivor, and productivity nerd) sits down with scientists, psychologists, and successful entrepreneurs to reverse-engineer how extraordinary people think, feel, and execute.
We unpack the mental models, weird routines, emotional rewiring, and psychology-backed strategies that actually work—so you can build your business without losing your mind.
🎯 Think: startup grit meets cognitive science.
🎙️ Guests include bestselling authors, startup OGs, and unreasonably curious humans.
🔥 Warning: listening may result in existential clarity, better habits, and fewer panic Googles at 2am.
New episodes every week. Subscribe and hack your brain before your brain hacks you.
MindHack
#097 - Dr. Daniel Yon - Hallucinating Reality: Your Brain’s Greatest Trick
Ever wondered if your brain is fooling you into seeing the world differently? Dr. Daniel Yon, a cognitive neuroscientist, reveals how your brain doesn’t just observe reality—it actively creates it.
Explore how your mind constructs its own version of reality through predictive models, and why you might be "hallucinating" your experiences without even knowing it. Dr. Yon dives into how we can reshape our mental models to thrive in a world full of uncertainty.
Don’t miss out on this eye-opening conversation that will completely shift your perspective on perception, belief, and personal growth.
Tune in to unlock the secrets your brain is hiding from you!
ℹ️ About the Guest
Dr. Daniel Yon is a cognitive neuroscientist and the author of A Trick of the Mind, a groundbreaking book that explores how our brains actively invent the reality we experience. His work sheds new light on how we perceive the world, challenging conventional views of perception. Dr. Yon is also the director of The Uncertainty Lab, where his team investigates how the brain handles uncertainty and adapts to an unpredictable world.
👨💻 People & Other Mentions
- Dr. Emilie Caspar - Just Following Orders: Atrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience
- Stanley Milgram - Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View
- Daniel Kahneman - Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Douglas Prasher - Green Fluorescent Protein Research
- Chris Frith - Making up the Mind
- Jim Rohn - Personal Development Philosophy
- Lewis Dartnell - Origins
- Cecilia Heyes - Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking
- Daniel Z. Lieberman - The Molecule of More
- Adam Grant - Think Again
- Lisa Genova - Still Alice
