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Dr Dean Burnett
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"Top egghead neuroscientist" - The Daily Star

Author, science communicator/pundit, former psychiatry lecturer, occasional wit, frazzled parent, balding

Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/theneuroscienceofeverydaylife
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The Idiot Brain - 10 Year Anniversary Edition (includes new content)

Pre-order now - www.hive.co.uk/Produ...

The perfect Christmas present. Or it would be, if it wasn't published New Year's Day

#Marketing #Genius
Dean Burnett, holding a copy of the ten year anniversary edition of The Idiot Brain (published 01/01/26) with the words THE PERFECT GIFT! For someone who hasn’t read it But has expressed interest in doing so
December 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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I was a teenage boy once. More recently than Farage was. A working class one, in an impoverished, deprived, isolated community, that was 99.6% white.

Genuinely never heard any of my friends/peers ever express an iota of admiration for Hitler. Because even if they *were* racist, they had limits.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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BEHOLD! The ravages of age!

Or, to put it in a more positive way...

The Idiot Brain - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Published 01/01/26

Start the new year right, with a classic, but revamped, exploration of the more ludicrous side of your own grey matter

#Brains #Books
Dean Burnett in 2016, holding up a copy of his debut book, The Idiot Brain, while not looking very enthused because he isn't used to self-promotion and finds the whole thing uncomfortable. Dean Burnett in 2025, holding up a copy of the 10 year anniversary edition of debut book, The Idiot Brain, while not looking very enthused because he is now very used to self promotion but still finds it profoundly uncomfortable. Also, a decade of ageing has left him looking even more haggard. Image of the cover of the 10 year anniversary edition of The Idiot Brain, by Dean Burnett. Features a cheerful orange cover with a drawing of a man in a suit walking a brain with legs on a lead, as one would walk a dog, but the brain is about to walk off a ledge. Book is presented on a darker orange background and the aforementioned brain appears again, now without the walking man (presumably he died from the original fall)
December 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Another day, another attempt at self-promotion. But at least it's 100% human made!

The Idiot Brain - 10 year anniversary edition - 01/01/2026

Pre-order now - www.hive.co.uk/Produ...

#Books #Brains #Slop #AnniversaryEdition
Dean Burnett holding up a copy of his book, The Idiot Brain, the ten year anniversary edition. Contains the statement CONTAINS 0% AI GENERATED CONTENT Although it has been “borrowed” to train multiple LLMs. Which is an endorsement, in a sense The hand Dean is holding the book with has far too many fingers, a classic sign of AI generated images.
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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BEHOLD! The ravages of age!

Or, to put it in a more positive way...

The Idiot Brain - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Published 01/01/26

Start the new year right, with a classic, but revamped, exploration of the more ludicrous side of your own grey matter

#Brains #Books
Dean Burnett in 2016, holding up a copy of his debut book, The Idiot Brain, while not looking very enthused because he isn't used to self-promotion and finds the whole thing uncomfortable. Dean Burnett in 2025, holding up a copy of the 10 year anniversary edition of debut book, The Idiot Brain, while not looking very enthused because he is now very used to self promotion but still finds it profoundly uncomfortable. Also, a decade of ageing has left him looking even more haggard. Image of the cover of the 10 year anniversary edition of The Idiot Brain, by Dean Burnett. Features a cheerful orange cover with a drawing of a man in a suit walking a brain with legs on a lead, as one would walk a dog, but the brain is about to walk off a ledge. Book is presented on a darker orange background and the aforementioned brain appears again, now without the walking man (presumably he died from the original fall)
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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The Idiot Brain - Ten Year Anniversary edition

Pre-order your copies now

www.hive.co.uk/Produ...

Embrace the reality of the 'New Year, New You' ethos with a modestly different version of something long established.

#Brains #Theidiotbrain #book
Dean Burnett holding up a copy of the 10 year anniversary edition of The Idiot Brain, with the following statement underneath The only book that, if you throw up while reading it in the car, explains exactly why that’s happening to you!
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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BEHOLD! The ravages of age!

Or, to put it in a more positive way...

The Idiot Brain - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Published 01/01/26

Start the new year right, with a classic, but revamped, exploration of the more ludicrous side of your own grey matter

#Brains #Books
Dean Burnett in 2016, holding up a copy of his debut book, The Idiot Brain, while not looking very enthused because he isn't used to self-promotion and finds the whole thing uncomfortable. Dean Burnett in 2025, holding up a copy of the 10 year anniversary edition of debut book, The Idiot Brain, while not looking very enthused because he is now very used to self promotion but still finds it profoundly uncomfortable. Also, a decade of ageing has left him looking even more haggard. Image of the cover of the 10 year anniversary edition of The Idiot Brain, by Dean Burnett. Features a cheerful orange cover with a drawing of a man in a suit walking a brain with legs on a lead, as one would walk a dog, but the brain is about to walk off a ledge. Book is presented on a darker orange background and the aforementioned brain appears again, now without the walking man (presumably he died from the original fall)
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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If someone could just casually mention to this autonomous chihuahua gonad that all homosexuals love oxygen, it would solve a great deal of problems.

Screengrab of a post by Andrew Tate claiming that liking food makes you a cuck and stupid, whatever that means. It does make you wonder where this long overdue aneurism is.
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Made a smoothy so vivid that I spilled some on the dog and now he has ninja skills and an obsession with pizza.
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Most genocidal dictators never 'directly' killed countless innocent people, but we still consider them to be guilty.
BBC NEWS bbc.com Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Ran a 5k that was a lot slower than usual, due to fatigue and icy ground.

I DID NOT NEED TO COME HOME TO THIS SORT OF JUDGEMENT!

#pickle #running #Judgement
Pickle, a tabby cat, looking down from the upstairs window at the front of my house, with a look of absolute disgust and condemnation
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Guardian headline under a picture of Nigel 'Frog-faced Temu Mosley' Farage which says "Farage says small business owners who thought Brexit would cut regulation have been betrayed" Famous still from Tim Robinson's 'I think you should leave' sketch show, which is him in a hot dog costume saying "We're all trying to find the guy who did this"
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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When you're opening a tin of tuna and turn around.

#cat #dog #pickle #forest #ambushhunters
Pickle (tabby cat) and Forest (Beagle) side by side, looking up at the camera longingly
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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How about if I told you I have been making a living solely from writing for almost a decade now? Meanwhile, you're sending unsolicited "give me work" emails to complete strangers.

I think I'll be OK, thanks mate
Email title: "Website Enquiry: How about if I told you I can help you with writing"
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Psycho-Logical: Why Mental Health Goes Wrong – and How to Make Sense of It

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One of, if not THE most comprehensive books about mental health and neuroscience that I've ever written and published in 2021.

#Mentalhealth #brains #books
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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If you or someone you care about in the Cardiff area ends up in hospital and inexplicably starts babbling about brains in a barely comprehensible valleys accent... yeah, sorry about that

#GiveBlood #Health
Hey Dean, Your whole blood donation from 24-Oct-2025 has just been sent to University Hospital Of Wales, ready to help a patient in need. Thank you so much for being a part of our lifesaving team.
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It

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When a book's been an Amazon bestseller pretty much constantly for... [checks watch] six years and counting, that's usually a good sign that it's worth getting.

#Parents #Book #Teens
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Stressful night. Took the dog for a late walk, when an unattended Staffordshire bull terrier appeared and attacked him, before the owner retrieved it

Led to me having two completely novel thoughts

1. "Wow, turns out Beagles can hold their own in a scrap"

2. "...I wish the cat was here right now"
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Science Nonfiction Books for Kids (by Reading Middle Grade)

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A list of excellent suggestions of non-fiction books for younger readers. Particularly the last-but-two entry.

#Books #Reading #Kids
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Apparently it's #NationalCatDay, and Pickle was more than happy to take a photo to celebrate.
Me, holding my cat pickle up for the camera. He is NOT pleased about the situation.
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Some efforts from local hot sauce purveyors Chilli of the Valley
October 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Why Your Parents Are Hung-Up on Your Phone and What To Do About It

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Approximately one year on from since publication, in the wake of the 'Adolescence' drama series, proposed phone/social media bans, my latest book has only got MORE relevant, if anything.

#Book #Phones
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Probably didn't help Reform's chances that they fielded a candidate that looked uncannily like a character from a version of "Guess Who" manufactured in a timeline where the Nazi's won WWII

#caerphilly
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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*cursed monkey paw curls one finger inward*
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM