Charan Ranganath

So many mistakes were made and ended up at some point just basically away from my board, pinned in a current in this corner, not a super good swimmer. And my friend who came with me, Randy, who's a computational neuroscientist and He had just been pushed down past me and so he couldn't even see me. And I'm just like, if I die here, you know, I mean, no one's around. It's like you just die alone.

So many mistakes were made and ended up at some point just basically away from my board, pinned in a current in this corner, not a super good swimmer. And my friend who came with me, Randy, who's a computational neuroscientist and He had just been pushed down past me and so he couldn't even see me. And I'm just like, if I die here, you know, I mean, no one's around. It's like you just die alone.

And so I just said, well, failure is not an option. And eventually I got out of it and froze and got cut up and The things that we were going through were just insane, but a short version of this is my wife and my daughter and Randy's wife, they gave us all sorts of hell about this because they were ready to send out a search party. So They were giving me hell about it.

And so I just said, well, failure is not an option. And eventually I got out of it and froze and got cut up and The things that we were going through were just insane, but a short version of this is my wife and my daughter and Randy's wife, they gave us all sorts of hell about this because they were ready to send out a search party. So They were giving me hell about it.

And so I just said, well, failure is not an option. And eventually I got out of it and froze and got cut up and The things that we were going through were just insane, but a short version of this is my wife and my daughter and Randy's wife, they gave us all sorts of hell about this because they were ready to send out a search party. So They were giving me hell about it.

And then I started to tell people in my lab about this and then friends, and it just became a better and better story every time. And we actually had some photos of just the crazy things like this generator that was hanging over the water. And we're like ducking under this, they are these metal gratings and I'm like going flat on, and it was just nuts, you know, but it became a great story.

And then I started to tell people in my lab about this and then friends, and it just became a better and better story every time. And we actually had some photos of just the crazy things like this generator that was hanging over the water. And we're like ducking under this, they are these metal gratings and I'm like going flat on, and it was just nuts, you know, but it became a great story.

And then I started to tell people in my lab about this and then friends, and it just became a better and better story every time. And we actually had some photos of just the crazy things like this generator that was hanging over the water. And we're like ducking under this, they are these metal gratings and I'm like going flat on, and it was just nuts, you know, but it became a great story.

And it was definitely, I mean, Randy and I were already tight, but that was a real bonding experience for us. And, Yeah. I mean, and I learned from that, that it's like, I don't look back on that enough, actually, because I think we often, at least for me, I don't necessarily have the confidence to think that things will work out, that I'll be able to get through a certain thing.

And it was definitely, I mean, Randy and I were already tight, but that was a real bonding experience for us. And, Yeah. I mean, and I learned from that, that it's like, I don't look back on that enough, actually, because I think we often, at least for me, I don't necessarily have the confidence to think that things will work out, that I'll be able to get through a certain thing.

And it was definitely, I mean, Randy and I were already tight, but that was a real bonding experience for us. And, Yeah. I mean, and I learned from that, that it's like, I don't look back on that enough, actually, because I think we often, at least for me, I don't necessarily have the confidence to think that things will work out, that I'll be able to get through a certain thing.

But my ability to actually get something done in that moment is better than I give myself credit for, I think. And that was the lesson of that story that I really took away.

But my ability to actually get something done in that moment is better than I give myself credit for, I think. And that was the lesson of that story that I really took away.

But my ability to actually get something done in that moment is better than I give myself credit for, I think. And that was the lesson of that story that I really took away.

Absolutely. Yeah. So let's say after this, you and I decided we're going to go for a beer, right? How do you choose where to go? You're probably going to be like, oh, yeah, this new bar opened up near me. I had a great time there. They had a great beer selection. Or you might say, oh, we went to this place and it was totally crowded and they're playing this horrible EDM or whatever. Yeah.

Absolutely. Yeah. So let's say after this, you and I decided we're going to go for a beer, right? How do you choose where to go? You're probably going to be like, oh, yeah, this new bar opened up near me. I had a great time there. They had a great beer selection. Or you might say, oh, we went to this place and it was totally crowded and they're playing this horrible EDM or whatever. Yeah.

Absolutely. Yeah. So let's say after this, you and I decided we're going to go for a beer, right? How do you choose where to go? You're probably going to be like, oh, yeah, this new bar opened up near me. I had a great time there. They had a great beer selection. Or you might say, oh, we went to this place and it was totally crowded and they're playing this horrible EDM or whatever. Yeah.

So right there, valuable source of information, right? And then you have these things like where you do this counterfactual stuff like, well, I did this previously, but what if I had gone somewhere else and said, maybe I'll go to this other place because I didn't try it the previous time. So there's all that kind of reasoning that goes into it too.

So right there, valuable source of information, right? And then you have these things like where you do this counterfactual stuff like, well, I did this previously, but what if I had gone somewhere else and said, maybe I'll go to this other place because I didn't try it the previous time. So there's all that kind of reasoning that goes into it too.

So right there, valuable source of information, right? And then you have these things like where you do this counterfactual stuff like, well, I did this previously, but what if I had gone somewhere else and said, maybe I'll go to this other place because I didn't try it the previous time. So there's all that kind of reasoning that goes into it too.