David Eagleman

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?

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

Heck yeah, we would, right?

Heck yeah, we would, right?

Heck yeah, we would, right?

What's very interesting is we also did, in parallel with these neuroimaging studies, we also gave people these very full questionnaires where they filled them out. And there are these standardized tests for how empathic a person you are. And what we found was something we really didn't expect

What's very interesting is we also did, in parallel with these neuroimaging studies, we also gave people these very full questionnaires where they filled them out. And there are these standardized tests for how empathic a person you are. And what we found was something we really didn't expect

What's very interesting is we also did, in parallel with these neuroimaging studies, we also gave people these very full questionnaires where they filled them out. And there are these standardized tests for how empathic a person you are. And what we found was something we really didn't expect

which was that the people who showed the biggest difference between their in-group and out-group neural responses were also the people that described themselves as the most empathic, which is very interesting. I think there are a few possible interpretations of that. One is that they somehow deep down know that they aren't sero-empathic, and so they're lying. I see. That's one possibility.

which was that the people who showed the biggest difference between their in-group and out-group neural responses were also the people that described themselves as the most empathic, which is very interesting. I think there are a few possible interpretations of that. One is that they somehow deep down know that they aren't sero-empathic, and so they're lying. I see. That's one possibility.

which was that the people who showed the biggest difference between their in-group and out-group neural responses were also the people that described themselves as the most empathic, which is very interesting. I think there are a few possible interpretations of that. One is that they somehow deep down know that they aren't sero-empathic, and so they're lying. I see. That's one possibility.

One possibility is that when they think about their empathy— They're thinking about their in-group.