David Eagleman
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The brain has an extraordinary amount of its circuitry devoted to other people and making models of them and understanding them.
And I think one of the key things in life, especially now during our polarized era, is to really try standing in the shoes of other people, especially people that you're disagreeing with and try to understand the world from their point of view.
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Yeah, that's a project I did for a year in secret until it was all done. Why is it secret? Because they don't want you to... Why was it secret? I don't know. They just didn't want me talking about it while I was doing it.
Yeah, that's a project I did for a year in secret until it was all done. Why is it secret? Because they don't want you to... Why was it secret? I don't know. They just didn't want me talking about it while I was doing it.
Yeah, that's a project I did for a year in secret until it was all done. Why is it secret? Because they don't want you to... Why was it secret? I don't know. They just didn't want me talking about it while I was doing it.
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That's right. That's right. Yeah. I had to sell all kinds of paperwork. They would take me to the European Central Bank. They like beat me through a door and then we go and we'll go do another door. You have to do another security badge and then another. It was really deep in there where they keep all the counterfeits. Oh, they have the counterfeits. Oh, how cool is that?
That's right. That's right. Yeah. I had to sell all kinds of paperwork. They would take me to the European Central Bank. They like beat me through a door and then we go and we'll go do another door. You have to do another security badge and then another. It was really deep in there where they keep all the counterfeits. Oh, they have the counterfeits. Oh, how cool is that?
That's right. That's right. Yeah. I had to sell all kinds of paperwork. They would take me to the European Central Bank. They like beat me through a door and then we go and we'll go do another door. You have to do another security badge and then another. It was really deep in there where they keep all the counterfeits. Oh, they have the counterfeits. Oh, how cool is that?
They keep counterfeits that they collect and they've got them in piles. And we think this is from Turkey and we think this is from Germany and whatever. And the way they can tell is just some signature of that counterfeit. So they just put those all together and...
They keep counterfeits that they collect and they've got them in piles. And we think this is from Turkey and we think this is from Germany and whatever. And the way they can tell is just some signature of that counterfeit. So they just put those all together and...
They keep counterfeits that they collect and they've got them in piles. And we think this is from Turkey and we think this is from Germany and whatever. And the way they can tell is just some signature of that counterfeit. So they just put those all together and...
Both are very difficult, but dollars, apparently there are super bills, which means perfect counterfeits.
Both are very difficult, but dollars, apparently there are super bills, which means perfect counterfeits.
Both are very difficult, but dollars, apparently there are super bills, which means perfect counterfeits.