Dr. Brian Keating

Yes. A purpose. Purpose. Yes, exactly. Yeah. So these things, you know, and you should never confuse it. I mean, there's no one as dumb as, you know, someone who's brilliant. You know, there's no one who will believe some of the dumbest things, dumbest propositions that you couldn't convince that bricklayer you spoke about to believe than an intellectual, than an academic, you know.

They spoke of—Lennon spoke of useful idiots. Sometimes I think of useless geniuses. Some of my colleagues are useless geniuses. They're so bright. And then they'll lead their credibility to the domain of wisdom, of which they have none.

They spoke of—Lennon spoke of useful idiots. Sometimes I think of useless geniuses. Some of my colleagues are useless geniuses. They're so bright. And then they'll lead their credibility to the domain of wisdom, of which they have none.

They spoke of—Lennon spoke of useful idiots. Sometimes I think of useless geniuses. Some of my colleagues are useless geniuses. They're so bright. And then they'll lead their credibility to the domain of wisdom, of which they have none.

It's within all of us. And the smarter you get—look, I've interviewed 21 Nobel Prize winners on my podcast, and And never once – I mean, they've all been brilliant. They've all been incredibly accomplished in their field, obviously, to get to that level. And I've criticized the Nobel Prize, but not the people that win it.

It's within all of us. And the smarter you get—look, I've interviewed 21 Nobel Prize winners on my podcast, and And never once – I mean, they've all been brilliant. They've all been incredibly accomplished in their field, obviously, to get to that level. And I've criticized the Nobel Prize, but not the people that win it.

It's within all of us. And the smarter you get—look, I've interviewed 21 Nobel Prize winners on my podcast, and And never once – I mean, they've all been brilliant. They've all been incredibly accomplished in their field, obviously, to get to that level. And I've criticized the Nobel Prize, but not the people that win it.

You can't – I mean, the one rule I learned when I was asked to nominate winners on the two occasions I've been asked to nominate the winners of the Nobel Prize is that you can't nominate yourself, right? That's the one rule that they adhere to that Alfred Nobel stipulated in 1880.

You can't – I mean, the one rule I learned when I was asked to nominate winners on the two occasions I've been asked to nominate the winners of the Nobel Prize is that you can't nominate yourself, right? That's the one rule that they adhere to that Alfred Nobel stipulated in 1880.

You can't – I mean, the one rule I learned when I was asked to nominate winners on the two occasions I've been asked to nominate the winners of the Nobel Prize is that you can't nominate yourself, right? That's the one rule that they adhere to that Alfred Nobel stipulated in 1880.

But most other things they've disavowed, unfortunately, which is a grave sin, by the way, because, you know, in Judaism, the greatest mitzvah, which means commandment, people think it means good deed. It doesn't mean good deed. It means commandment. You're commanded to do certain things. And one of the things you're commanded to do that has greatest, utmost importance is to bury the dead.

But most other things they've disavowed, unfortunately, which is a grave sin, by the way, because, you know, in Judaism, the greatest mitzvah, which means commandment, people think it means good deed. It doesn't mean good deed. It means commandment. You're commanded to do certain things. And one of the things you're commanded to do that has greatest, utmost importance is to bury the dead.

But most other things they've disavowed, unfortunately, which is a grave sin, by the way, because, you know, in Judaism, the greatest mitzvah, which means commandment, people think it means good deed. It doesn't mean good deed. It means commandment. You're commanded to do certain things. And one of the things you're commanded to do that has greatest, utmost importance is to bury the dead.

and to not leave a dead body unescorted. Why is that? Well, it's the one thing they can't reciprocate, right? They can't, you bury the dead, they're not going to bury you, right, by definition. And so it's the ultimate altruistic, you know, beneficence in the sense. And when Alfred Nobel wrote his will, he specified exactly what he wanted.

and to not leave a dead body unescorted. Why is that? Well, it's the one thing they can't reciprocate, right? They can't, you bury the dead, they're not going to bury you, right, by definition. And so it's the ultimate altruistic, you know, beneficence in the sense. And when Alfred Nobel wrote his will, he specified exactly what he wanted.

and to not leave a dead body unescorted. Why is that? Well, it's the one thing they can't reciprocate, right? They can't, you bury the dead, they're not going to bury you, right, by definition. And so it's the ultimate altruistic, you know, beneficence in the sense. And when Alfred Nobel wrote his will, he specified exactly what he wanted.

He wanted to go to one man who did the greatest accomplishments for the greatest benefit of mankind in the preceding year. So it was one person, preceding year, and it had to benefit all of humanity. So it was what we call, in Hebrew, an ethical will. So it wasn't just a will, here's my money. He had no kids. He had no wife. He had no heirs to give the money to.

He wanted to go to one man who did the greatest accomplishments for the greatest benefit of mankind in the preceding year. So it was one person, preceding year, and it had to benefit all of humanity. So it was what we call, in Hebrew, an ethical will. So it wasn't just a will, here's my money. He had no kids. He had no wife. He had no heirs to give the money to.

He wanted to go to one man who did the greatest accomplishments for the greatest benefit of mankind in the preceding year. So it was one person, preceding year, and it had to benefit all of humanity. So it was what we call, in Hebrew, an ethical will. So it wasn't just a will, here's my money. He had no kids. He had no wife. He had no heirs to give the money to.

So he gave it all, in the sense, towards the betterment of mankind. Literally, that's what it says. But many of the other things they've disavowed. He can have three people win it. They can win it for stuff done 30 years ago, 50 years ago. But one of the few things that they've actually kept is this focus, if you will, that it should benefit. It should provide a benefit to humanity.