David Eagleman

That's right. Although I suspect that a lot of our future simulation is unconscious because some amount of our future sim is, you know, is something that we've... Right, it's using the machine. It's using the machine, exactly. Yeah, yeah, definitely.

That's right. Although I suspect that a lot of our future simulation is unconscious because some amount of our future sim is, you know, is something that we've... Right, it's using the machine. It's using the machine, exactly. Yeah, yeah, definitely.

That's right. Although I suspect that a lot of our future simulation is unconscious because some amount of our future sim is, you know, is something that we've... Right, it's using the machine. It's using the machine, exactly. Yeah, yeah, definitely.

And so we certainly can pull things up into consciousness and think, okay, I really want to understand what it would be like if I did this and if I moved to this other city and got this other job. But much of the time, we're just slamming things forward.

And so we certainly can pull things up into consciousness and think, okay, I really want to understand what it would be like if I did this and if I moved to this other city and got this other job. But much of the time, we're just slamming things forward.

And so we certainly can pull things up into consciousness and think, okay, I really want to understand what it would be like if I did this and if I moved to this other city and got this other job. But much of the time, we're just slamming things forward.

Let me make sure I can unpack that. It's that if you're looking at a high entropy state where there's lots of possibilities, then you have higher anxiety. Anxiety actually indexes that.

Let me make sure I can unpack that. It's that if you're looking at a high entropy state where there's lots of possibilities, then you have higher anxiety. Anxiety actually indexes that.

Let me make sure I can unpack that. It's that if you're looking at a high entropy state where there's lots of possibilities, then you have higher anxiety. Anxiety actually indexes that.

That's almost by definition. And by the way, this goes back to what we were saying also about, you know, for example, the Tetris players, or let's just say, I don't know, let's say when you, did you play soccer as a kid? Okay, so when you first were learning how to play soccer, again, your brain, if we could have measured it while you were running around on the field, it's on fire because you're,

That's almost by definition. And by the way, this goes back to what we were saying also about, you know, for example, the Tetris players, or let's just say, I don't know, let's say when you, did you play soccer as a kid? Okay, so when you first were learning how to play soccer, again, your brain, if we could have measured it while you were running around on the field, it's on fire because you're,

That's almost by definition. And by the way, this goes back to what we were saying also about, you know, for example, the Tetris players, or let's just say, I don't know, let's say when you, did you play soccer as a kid? Okay, so when you first were learning how to play soccer, again, your brain, if we could have measured it while you were running around on the field, it's on fire because you're,

You're trying to figure out, wait, where's the ball? Where's everyone else? You know, it's all knees and elbows and you don't know what's going on. Okay. A professional soccer player is a hundred times better than you, but his brain isn't burning nearly as much energy as the child trying to figure this out. That's right. He's in a much lower entropy state. Exactly. He's in a lower entropy state.

You're trying to figure out, wait, where's the ball? Where's everyone else? You know, it's all knees and elbows and you don't know what's going on. Okay. A professional soccer player is a hundred times better than you, but his brain isn't burning nearly as much energy as the child trying to figure this out. That's right. He's in a much lower entropy state. Exactly. He's in a lower entropy state.

You're trying to figure out, wait, where's the ball? Where's everyone else? You know, it's all knees and elbows and you don't know what's going on. Okay. A professional soccer player is a hundred times better than you, but his brain isn't burning nearly as much energy as the child trying to figure this out. That's right. He's in a much lower entropy state. Exactly. He's in a lower entropy state.

That's because his movements are more efficient. Right. But the reason is because the child is trying to simulate all the possibilities. The professional has sort of seen everything play out before. That's the key. He's got the patterns. But the child has the high entropy state because, you know, what if I try this? What if I try that? Yeah. And so on.

That's because his movements are more efficient. Right. But the reason is because the child is trying to simulate all the possibilities. The professional has sort of seen everything play out before. That's the key. He's got the patterns. But the child has the high entropy state because, you know, what if I try this? What if I try that? Yeah. And so on.

That's because his movements are more efficient. Right. But the reason is because the child is trying to simulate all the possibilities. The professional has sort of seen everything play out before. That's the key. He's got the patterns. But the child has the high entropy state because, you know, what if I try this? What if I try that? Yeah. And so on.

And what he famously said is, I'm not thinking about where the puck is, I'm thinking about where the puck is going to be. Right, right, right.

And what he famously said is, I'm not thinking about where the puck is, I'm thinking about where the puck is going to be. Right, right, right.