Dr. David Eagleman
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
One thing is separating witnesses right away, because if you and I witness a crime,
And then you say, oh, my God, you know, I think the guy had long hair.
And I say, no, no, I think it was short hair or whatever.
We're influencing each other's memory.
And the things that we say end up changing what the other believes to be true.
One of the classes I teach is the brain and the law.
And I do this thing every year.
I sort of hate to give this away on a podcast, but here's what I do.
I'm teaching the class and a woman busts into the back of the classroom and starts screaming at me.
She says, are you Dr. Eagleman?
I say, yeah.
I say, excuse me, I'm teaching a class.
She says, I've been sending you emails and you haven't written back and blah, blah.
I say, excuse me, I am teaching a class.
I'm happy to talk to you afterwards.
I'm sorry I don't get to all my emails.
And she says, well, I'm going to wait for you.
Okay.
So then I keep teaching the class.
And then after 20 minutes or so,