David Eagleman

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

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

Yeah, like what if I saw my uncle fall and twist his ankle? Would I be empathic?

Yeah, like what if I saw my uncle fall and twist his ankle? Would I be empathic?

Yeah, like what if I saw my uncle fall and twist his ankle? Would I be empathic?

Oh, I'd be the most empathic person in the world. And they're right in assessing that. They're just not thinking about how they would feel if it was their out-group. So anyway, this all goes to your statement about what things we admit to ourselves and do not. I have a strong suspicion that if we could ever really know ourselves really deeply, it would be awful.

Oh, I'd be the most empathic person in the world. And they're right in assessing that. They're just not thinking about how they would feel if it was their out-group. So anyway, this all goes to your statement about what things we admit to ourselves and do not. I have a strong suspicion that if we could ever really know ourselves really deeply, it would be awful.

Oh, I'd be the most empathic person in the world. And they're right in assessing that. They're just not thinking about how they would feel if it was their out-group. So anyway, this all goes to your statement about what things we admit to ourselves and do not. I have a strong suspicion that if we could ever really know ourselves really deeply, it would be awful.

I don't think we'd want to know all of our weird flaws and the lies we make to cover up the kind of personality things. Yeah.

I don't think we'd want to know all of our weird flaws and the lies we make to cover up the kind of personality things. Yeah.

I don't think we'd want to know all of our weird flaws and the lies we make to cover up the kind of personality things. Yeah.

So, by the way, yeah, I wrote about it in my book, Incognito, years ago, was this issue that really the way to think about the brain is that we are a team of rival. You've got all these neural networks that all have different drives, and they want different things, and you are a collection of these things, okay?

So, by the way, yeah, I wrote about it in my book, Incognito, years ago, was this issue that really the way to think about the brain is that we are a team of rival. You've got all these neural networks that all have different drives, and they want different things, and you are a collection of these things, okay?

So, by the way, yeah, I wrote about it in my book, Incognito, years ago, was this issue that really the way to think about the brain is that we are a team of rival. You've got all these neural networks that all have different drives, and they want different things, and you are a collection of these things, okay?

For example, if I put some chocolate chip cookies in front of you, part of your brain wants to eat that. Part of your brain says, don't eat it, I'm on a diet. Part of your brain says, okay, I'll eat it, but I'll promise my wife that I'll go to the gym tomorrow. Whatever, you can contract yourself automatically argue with yourself, cuss at yourself.

For example, if I put some chocolate chip cookies in front of you, part of your brain wants to eat that. Part of your brain says, don't eat it, I'm on a diet. Part of your brain says, okay, I'll eat it, but I'll promise my wife that I'll go to the gym tomorrow. Whatever, you can contract yourself automatically argue with yourself, cuss at yourself.

For example, if I put some chocolate chip cookies in front of you, part of your brain wants to eat that. Part of your brain says, don't eat it, I'm on a diet. Part of your brain says, okay, I'll eat it, but I'll promise my wife that I'll go to the gym tomorrow. Whatever, you can contract yourself automatically argue with yourself, cuss at yourself.

This is the weird part about being human is we've got all these different drives. Okay, here's what Nietzsche said. He said, every drive philosophizes in its own spirit. What he meant by that was when you are gripped by rage or sexual desire or desire to eat the chocolate chip cookies, you have this way to philosophize, to rationalize, to say, this guy really deserves this.

This is the weird part about being human is we've got all these different drives. Okay, here's what Nietzsche said. He said, every drive philosophizes in its own spirit. What he meant by that was when you are gripped by rage or sexual desire or desire to eat the chocolate chip cookies, you have this way to philosophize, to rationalize, to say, this guy really deserves this.

This is the weird part about being human is we've got all these different drives. Okay, here's what Nietzsche said. He said, every drive philosophizes in its own spirit. What he meant by that was when you are gripped by rage or sexual desire or desire to eat the chocolate chip cookies, you have this way to philosophize, to rationalize, to say, this guy really deserves this.