David Eagleman

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Yes. Right.

Yes. Right.

Yes. Right.

Yeah, yeah. I'm always interested in these old, you know, the physicists in the early 20th century. You know, Einstein was giving a presentation, and I'm afraid I forgot if it was, I think it was Heisenberg who challenged, a young kid challenged him, and Einstein said, you know, I think you're right. He went home and worked on the problem for five days and came back.

Yeah, yeah. I'm always interested in these old, you know, the physicists in the early 20th century. You know, Einstein was giving a presentation, and I'm afraid I forgot if it was, I think it was Heisenberg who challenged, a young kid challenged him, and Einstein said, you know, I think you're right. He went home and worked on the problem for five days and came back.

Yeah, yeah. I'm always interested in these old, you know, the physicists in the early 20th century. You know, Einstein was giving a presentation, and I'm afraid I forgot if it was, I think it was Heisenberg who challenged, a young kid challenged him, and Einstein said, you know, I think you're right. He went home and worked on the problem for five days and came back.

But I'm just, you know, these stories of that kind of challenge and Einstein had, you know, a very mature reaction. Right, right.

But I'm just, you know, these stories of that kind of challenge and Einstein had, you know, a very mature reaction. Right, right.

But I'm just, you know, these stories of that kind of challenge and Einstein had, you know, a very mature reaction. Right, right.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

My brain plasticity, so we didn't talk about that at all, but I've got all kinds of cool stuff to talk about there.

My brain plasticity, so we didn't talk about that at all, but I've got all kinds of cool stuff to talk about there.

My brain plasticity, so we didn't talk about that at all, but I've got all kinds of cool stuff to talk about there.

The human brain is about three pounds. It's locked in silence and darkness. It has no idea where the information is coming from because everything is just electrical spikes and also chemical releases as a result of those spikes. And so what you have in there is this giant symphony of electrical activity going on, and its job is to create a model of the outside world.

Plasticity is the term used in the field because the great neuroscientist or psychologist actually, William James, coined the term because he was impressed with the way that plastic gets manufactured, where you mold it into a shape and it holds onto that shape. And he thought that's kind of like what the brain does. The great trick that mother nature figured out