David Eagleman
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Exactly. What I'm doing is I'm philosophizing in such a way that I can land at the conclusion that I want.
Exactly. What I'm doing is I'm philosophizing in such a way that I can land at the conclusion that I want.
Exactly. What I'm doing is I'm philosophizing in such a way that I can land at the conclusion that I want.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Exactly.
That's exactly right. But what's interesting is the end conclusion of that is that you might actually do really wonderful things in the world. You might go out of your way to go to some charity events. In fact, people have long noted that sometimes the people who are the loudest about, let's say, being anti-racist online...
That's exactly right. But what's interesting is the end conclusion of that is that you might actually do really wonderful things in the world. You might go out of your way to go to some charity events. In fact, people have long noted that sometimes the people who are the loudest about, let's say, being anti-racist online...
That's exactly right. But what's interesting is the end conclusion of that is that you might actually do really wonderful things in the world. You might go out of your way to go to some charity events. In fact, people have long noted that sometimes the people who are the loudest about, let's say, being anti-racist online...
Sometimes they're the people with the deepest internal demons that they're fighting.
Sometimes they're the people with the deepest internal demons that they're fighting.
Sometimes they're the people with the deepest internal demons that they're fighting.
Yeah, although what's interesting is that every group... is on a really broad distribution. So that will always be available to people to say, I like you, but I think that in your group, whatever group it is, there are people who do XYZ and I don't like that. So what's interesting is that chess move will always be available to those guys. Yeah, that's true.
Yeah, although what's interesting is that every group... is on a really broad distribution. So that will always be available to people to say, I like you, but I think that in your group, whatever group it is, there are people who do XYZ and I don't like that. So what's interesting is that chess move will always be available to those guys. Yeah, that's true.
Yeah, although what's interesting is that every group... is on a really broad distribution. So that will always be available to people to say, I like you, but I think that in your group, whatever group it is, there are people who do XYZ and I don't like that. So what's interesting is that chess move will always be available to those guys. Yeah, that's true.
It actually wouldn't make sense for them to meet one young woman who they think is really great and then say, oh, I used to have these political opinions, but now I've changed my mind entirely because of an N of one.
It actually wouldn't make sense for them to meet one young woman who they think is really great and then say, oh, I used to have these political opinions, but now I've changed my mind entirely because of an N of one.
It actually wouldn't make sense for them to meet one young woman who they think is really great and then say, oh, I used to have these political opinions, but now I've changed my mind entirely because of an N of one.
Here's the thing. So there's two things I would say there. One is that, interestingly, if you measured any of these Klansmen who had hung up their robe, you'd probably find this really low level circuitry in their brain having a difference in their reaction to black and white. But this is an example of the guy layering on cognition and what we might call wisdom and saying, hey, you know what?
Here's the thing. So there's two things I would say there. One is that, interestingly, if you measured any of these Klansmen who had hung up their robe, you'd probably find this really low level circuitry in their brain having a difference in their reaction to black and white. But this is an example of the guy layering on cognition and what we might call wisdom and saying, hey, you know what?