David Eagleman

It's like, oh, okay. And it's a positive feedback loop because once you have your point of view on something, then, of course, we know about confirmation bias and other ways where you seek data that merely validates and you ignore the data that speaks against it.

Right. Exactly. By the way, which makes me want to come back to a point that you mentioned about socially seeing people as friends or foes. In fact, the way we see most people in the world are strangers. Yeah. You don't need to worry. Yeah, exactly. You're relevant. Most things are irrelevant. Exactly. Most things are irrelevant. Yeah, yeah. And thank God for that. Yeah, exactly.

Right. Exactly. By the way, which makes me want to come back to a point that you mentioned about socially seeing people as friends or foes. In fact, the way we see most people in the world are strangers. Yeah. You don't need to worry. Yeah, exactly. You're relevant. Most things are irrelevant. Exactly. Most things are irrelevant. Yeah, yeah. And thank God for that. Yeah, exactly.

Right. Exactly. By the way, which makes me want to come back to a point that you mentioned about socially seeing people as friends or foes. In fact, the way we see most people in the world are strangers. Yeah. You don't need to worry. Yeah, exactly. You're relevant. Most things are irrelevant. Exactly. Most things are irrelevant. Yeah, yeah. And thank God for that. Yeah, exactly.

So that's analogous here.

So that's analogous here.

So that's analogous here.

Oh, they cause you to pay attention. Yeah, exactly right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, they cause you to pay attention. Yeah, exactly right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, they cause you to pay attention. Yeah, exactly right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Right, right. And you know what I was going to say? This also ties back to another thing about maturation. Maturation, as I think it was Fitzgerald who said, is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas in mind at the same time. So what we're trying to do always is get our aim to reduce the entropy, our worldview. But as we mature, we say, okay, look, it could be this.

Yeah. Right, right. And you know what I was going to say? This also ties back to another thing about maturation. Maturation, as I think it was Fitzgerald who said, is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas in mind at the same time. So what we're trying to do always is get our aim to reduce the entropy, our worldview. But as we mature, we say, okay, look, it could be this.

Yeah. Right, right. And you know what I was going to say? This also ties back to another thing about maturation. Maturation, as I think it was Fitzgerald who said, is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas in mind at the same time. So what we're trying to do always is get our aim to reduce the entropy, our worldview. But as we mature, we say, okay, look, it could be this.

On the other hand, it could be that. And the ability to hold that and not have that, to have a slightly higher entropy and not have that be stressful to us. I don't know that I have a model.

On the other hand, it could be that. And the ability to hold that and not have that, to have a slightly higher entropy and not have that be stressful to us. I don't know that I have a model.

On the other hand, it could be that. And the ability to hold that and not have that, to have a slightly higher entropy and not have that be stressful to us. I don't know that I have a model.

That's great. And maybe instead of think, we could call it something like reconsider. Because it's, I mean, there's this, I only say this because thinking is sort of a term that might have too much semantic weight on it. But reconsider meaning, okay, I've already considered this. I know exactly how to think about it, low entropy. But now I'm going to reconsider this.

That's great. And maybe instead of think, we could call it something like reconsider. Because it's, I mean, there's this, I only say this because thinking is sort of a term that might have too much semantic weight on it. But reconsider meaning, okay, I've already considered this. I know exactly how to think about it, low entropy. But now I'm going to reconsider this.

That's great. And maybe instead of think, we could call it something like reconsider. Because it's, I mean, there's this, I only say this because thinking is sort of a term that might have too much semantic weight on it. But reconsider meaning, okay, I've already considered this. I know exactly how to think about it, low entropy. But now I'm going to reconsider this.

I'm going to think about what if I'm wrong about this? What if it's this totally other model?