David Eagleman

That's almost by definition. And by the way, this goes back to what we were saying also about, you know, for example, the Tetris players, or let's just say, I don't know, let's say when you, did you play soccer as a kid? Okay, so when you first were learning how to play soccer, again, your brain, if we could have measured it while you were running around on the field, it's on fire because you're,

You're trying to figure out, wait, where's the ball? Where's everyone else? You know, it's all knees and elbows and you don't know what's going on. Okay. A professional soccer player is a hundred times better than you, but his brain isn't burning nearly as much energy as the child trying to figure this out. That's right. He's in a much lower entropy state. Exactly. He's in a lower entropy state.

You're trying to figure out, wait, where's the ball? Where's everyone else? You know, it's all knees and elbows and you don't know what's going on. Okay. A professional soccer player is a hundred times better than you, but his brain isn't burning nearly as much energy as the child trying to figure this out. That's right. He's in a much lower entropy state. Exactly. He's in a lower entropy state.

You're trying to figure out, wait, where's the ball? Where's everyone else? You know, it's all knees and elbows and you don't know what's going on. Okay. A professional soccer player is a hundred times better than you, but his brain isn't burning nearly as much energy as the child trying to figure this out. That's right. He's in a much lower entropy state. Exactly. He's in a lower entropy state.

That's because his movements are more efficient. Right. But the reason is because the child is trying to simulate all the possibilities. The professional has sort of seen everything play out before. That's the key. He's got the patterns. But the child has the high entropy state because, you know, what if I try this? What if I try that? Yeah. And so on.

That's because his movements are more efficient. Right. But the reason is because the child is trying to simulate all the possibilities. The professional has sort of seen everything play out before. That's the key. He's got the patterns. But the child has the high entropy state because, you know, what if I try this? What if I try that? Yeah. And so on.

That's because his movements are more efficient. Right. But the reason is because the child is trying to simulate all the possibilities. The professional has sort of seen everything play out before. That's the key. He's got the patterns. But the child has the high entropy state because, you know, what if I try this? What if I try that? Yeah. And so on.

And what he famously said is, I'm not thinking about where the puck is, I'm thinking about where the puck is going to be. Right, right, right.

And what he famously said is, I'm not thinking about where the puck is, I'm thinking about where the puck is going to be. Right, right, right.

And what he famously said is, I'm not thinking about where the puck is, I'm thinking about where the puck is going to be. Right, right, right.

Oh, that's very interesting. So a lot of what I've studied in my career has to do with time, our perception of time. And the bottom line, of course, is that we live slightly in the past. Why? Because it takes time for signals to get, you know, processed and integrated, right? So when signals hit my... For example, I used to play baseball and...

Oh, that's very interesting. So a lot of what I've studied in my career has to do with time, our perception of time. And the bottom line, of course, is that we live slightly in the past. Why? Because it takes time for signals to get, you know, processed and integrated, right? So when signals hit my... For example, I used to play baseball and...

Oh, that's very interesting. So a lot of what I've studied in my career has to do with time, our perception of time. And the bottom line, of course, is that we live slightly in the past. Why? Because it takes time for signals to get, you know, processed and integrated, right? So when signals hit my... For example, I used to play baseball and...

You know, when you're swinging at a fast pitch, this all happens unconsciously. The best you can do as this ball is traveling from the mound to the plate is to adjust your swing up or down as you're already swinging. But all this is happening unconsciously. My experience has always been when I hit the ball... I become aware that I have just hit the ball.

You know, when you're swinging at a fast pitch, this all happens unconsciously. The best you can do as this ball is traveling from the mound to the plate is to adjust your swing up or down as you're already swinging. But all this is happening unconsciously. My experience has always been when I hit the ball... I become aware that I have just hit the ball.

You know, when you're swinging at a fast pitch, this all happens unconsciously. The best you can do as this ball is traveling from the mound to the plate is to adjust your swing up or down as you're already swinging. But all this is happening unconsciously. My experience has always been when I hit the ball... I become aware that I have just hit the ball.

And I say to myself, throw it out the bat and run. Because it's already flying. The reason being, of course, because it takes at least half a second before you get conscious awareness of anything. The signals have to move around in your brain. As you know, signals are very slowly in the brain, about a meter per second on unmyelinated axons, maybe 10 times faster than on myelinated axons.

And I say to myself, throw it out the bat and run. Because it's already flying. The reason being, of course, because it takes at least half a second before you get conscious awareness of anything. The signals have to move around in your brain. As you know, signals are very slowly in the brain, about a meter per second on unmyelinated axons, maybe 10 times faster than on myelinated axons.

And I say to myself, throw it out the bat and run. Because it's already flying. The reason being, of course, because it takes at least half a second before you get conscious awareness of anything. The signals have to move around in your brain. As you know, signals are very slowly in the brain, about a meter per second on unmyelinated axons, maybe 10 times faster than on myelinated axons.

It's 10 times faster? Yeah. Okay. And what's interesting, we've got big bodies, right? So if I touch your toe, the signals have to travel all the way up. you know, up your leg and up your spinal cord to your brain. But here's the weird part. You know, if I touch your toe and your nose at the same time, you'll feel those simultaneously.