David Eagleman

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.

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.

And that's weird because how does your, you know, does your brain feel the signal from the nose and then say, okay, I'm just going to wait and see if anything's coming up. If your eyes are closed? Yeah. Yeah. That's weird. Yeah, so here's the thing. Yeah, yeah, that's weird.

And that's weird because how does your, you know, does your brain feel the signal from the nose and then say, okay, I'm just going to wait and see if anything's coming up. If your eyes are closed? Yeah. Yeah. That's weird. Yeah, so here's the thing. Yeah, yeah, that's weird.

And that's weird because how does your, you know, does your brain feel the signal from the nose and then say, okay, I'm just going to wait and see if anything's coming up. If your eyes are closed? Yeah. Yeah. That's weird. Yeah, so here's the thing. Yeah, yeah, that's weird.

This, by the way, led me to a hypothesis some years ago that taller people live further in the past than shorter people because your brain has to wait for all the signals to come together, your vision, your hearing, your touch, touch from your toes, all this stuff to come together. It puts together your conscious perception of what's happening right now. And that's slightly longer lag time.

This, by the way, led me to a hypothesis some years ago that taller people live further in the past than shorter people because your brain has to wait for all the signals to come together, your vision, your hearing, your touch, touch from your toes, all this stuff to come together. It puts together your conscious perception of what's happening right now. And that's slightly longer lag time.

This, by the way, led me to a hypothesis some years ago that taller people live further in the past than shorter people because your brain has to wait for all the signals to come together, your vision, your hearing, your touch, touch from your toes, all this stuff to come together. It puts together your conscious perception of what's happening right now. And that's slightly longer lag time.

Slightly longer lag time if you're taller, yeah. It's a very funny hypothesis, by the way. So... Yeah, so we live a little bit in the past, and during that time, I totally concur, there can't be free will involved in any of the processing or certainly reflexes, but also ballistic movements that we're doing. There's no possibility for free will to operate there.

Slightly longer lag time if you're taller, yeah. It's a very funny hypothesis, by the way. So... Yeah, so we live a little bit in the past, and during that time, I totally concur, there can't be free will involved in any of the processing or certainly reflexes, but also ballistic movements that we're doing. There's no possibility for free will to operate there.

Slightly longer lag time if you're taller, yeah. It's a very funny hypothesis, by the way. So... Yeah, so we live a little bit in the past, and during that time, I totally concur, there can't be free will involved in any of the processing or certainly reflexes, but also ballistic movements that we're doing. There's no possibility for free will to operate there.

If we do have free will, the argument I made at the end of Incognito is that, you know, there may be free will. It's very difficult neuroscience-wise to nail this question of if there is or not. But if there is, it's a bit player in a much larger system. And so... You've got all this unconscious processing, most of what's happening in the brain.

If we do have free will, the argument I made at the end of Incognito is that, you know, there may be free will. It's very difficult neuroscience-wise to nail this question of if there is or not. But if there is, it's a bit player in a much larger system. And so... You've got all this unconscious processing, most of what's happening in the brain.

If we do have free will, the argument I made at the end of Incognito is that, you know, there may be free will. It's very difficult neuroscience-wise to nail this question of if there is or not. But if there is, it's a bit player in a much larger system. And so... You've got all this unconscious processing, most of what's happening in the brain.

I think of the conscious brain as a broom closet in the mansion of the brain. I should say the conscious mind is a broom closet in the mansion of the brain with very little access to what's going on. There may be free will, but it's going to be a small player if it's there.

I think of the conscious brain as a broom closet in the mansion of the brain. I should say the conscious mind is a broom closet in the mansion of the brain with very little access to what's going on. There may be free will, but it's going to be a small player if it's there.

I think of the conscious brain as a broom closet in the mansion of the brain. I should say the conscious mind is a broom closet in the mansion of the brain with very little access to what's going on. There may be free will, but it's going to be a small player if it's there.

Right. This doesn't answer the free will question, though, because if I choose this particular future, we can still question whether I had free will to choose that, or if I rewound history a thousand times, would I always choose that future?

Right. This doesn't answer the free will question, though, because if I choose this particular future, we can still question whether I had free will to choose that, or if I rewound history a thousand times, would I always choose that future?

Right. This doesn't answer the free will question, though, because if I choose this particular future, we can still question whether I had free will to choose that, or if I rewound history a thousand times, would I always choose that future?