David Eagleman

Okay. So this thing with LA, it's interesting because LA is so multicultural. You can imagine if an equivalent fire happened in, we could name different countries, the reaction that some people would have, which is, oh, Good, I'm glad that happened to those Russians or the whatever. It's tough, though. I don't think I would do that, but I don't know. Okay, here's the thing. You would.

Okay. So this thing with LA, it's interesting because LA is so multicultural. You can imagine if an equivalent fire happened in, we could name different countries, the reaction that some people would have, which is, oh, Good, I'm glad that happened to those Russians or the whatever. It's tough, though. I don't think I would do that, but I don't know. Okay, here's the thing. You would.

Okay. So this thing with LA, it's interesting because LA is so multicultural. You can imagine if an equivalent fire happened in, we could name different countries, the reaction that some people would have, which is, oh, Good, I'm glad that happened to those Russians or the whatever. It's tough, though. I don't think I would do that, but I don't know. Okay, here's the thing. You would.

I don't know what country or what religion or what thing it would be for you, but here's the interesting part. We measured 128 people on the scanner. We don't know that all of them actually act badly to their neighbors and so on. Why? Because what we are measuring is the first brain response, which is, hey, I really care about these people in my in-group. I don't care so much about these people.

I don't know what country or what religion or what thing it would be for you, but here's the interesting part. We measured 128 people on the scanner. We don't know that all of them actually act badly to their neighbors and so on. Why? Because what we are measuring is the first brain response, which is, hey, I really care about these people in my in-group. I don't care so much about these people.

I don't know what country or what religion or what thing it would be for you, but here's the interesting part. We measured 128 people on the scanner. We don't know that all of them actually act badly to their neighbors and so on. Why? Because what we are measuring is the first brain response, which is, hey, I really care about these people in my in-group. I don't care so much about these people.

But you might have other cognitive layers that say, you know what, that embarrasses me that I don't care as much about the Russians who were just in a fire. So I'm going to donate to that Russian charity because I'm... So there's a

But you might have other cognitive layers that say, you know what, that embarrasses me that I don't care as much about the Russians who were just in a fire. So I'm going to donate to that Russian charity because I'm... So there's a

But you might have other cognitive layers that say, you know what, that embarrasses me that I don't care as much about the Russians who were just in a fire. So I'm going to donate to that Russian charity because I'm... So there's a

And people have done these tests for years called the implicit association task. And by implicit, they mean something that you can't even articulate. It's not explicit. And what they find is that everybody has biases against certain things, certain groups. certain sexual orientation, whatever it is, everyone's got something going on deep down, but it doesn't mean anything about their behavior.

And people have done these tests for years called the implicit association task. And by implicit, they mean something that you can't even articulate. It's not explicit. And what they find is that everybody has biases against certain things, certain groups. certain sexual orientation, whatever it is, everyone's got something going on deep down, but it doesn't mean anything about their behavior.

And people have done these tests for years called the implicit association task. And by implicit, they mean something that you can't even articulate. It's not explicit. And what they find is that everybody has biases against certain things, certain groups. certain sexual orientation, whatever it is, everyone's got something going on deep down, but it doesn't mean anything about their behavior.

He wouldn't have had a pager.

He wouldn't have had a pager.

He wouldn't have had a pager.

So I felt the same way you did. But... Rewind history where you and I are born in Lebanon and for some reason our parents are Hezbollah. I would 100% have joined an organization like that.

So I felt the same way you did. But... Rewind history where you and I are born in Lebanon and for some reason our parents are Hezbollah. I would 100% have joined an organization like that.

So I felt the same way you did. But... Rewind history where you and I are born in Lebanon and for some reason our parents are Hezbollah. I would 100% have joined an organization like that.

What I was going to say, aside from joining an organization, the question is, would we feel empathic?

What I was going to say, aside from joining an organization, the question is, would we feel empathic?