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Okay. Here's today's show. This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedanta. In Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice, Portia is a beautiful, wealthy woman and she is looking for the right man to marry. Her father has decreed that a successful suitor must pass a test.

Each of Portia's admirers is presented with three caskets made of gold, silver, and lead. Portia's portrait is inside one. Suitors have to pick the right casket. The gold casket is inscribed with the words Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.

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