Dr. Ellen Langer

And the good thing about these sorts of things is that there are no negative side effects. And it doesn't mean that you have to stop doing any medical procedures you may be doing. But, you know, you're asking, you're back in charge of your own health care. Why does this hurt now? You know, stress. There are some people who think they're stressed all the time. Nobody is anything all the time.

So I call you, Andrew, and I say, how stressed are you now and why? And we go through this over time. And then you find out, you know, you're stressed when you're talking to Ellen Langer. Well, then the solution is easy. Don't talk to me. I've.

So I call you, Andrew, and I say, how stressed are you now and why? And we go through this over time. And then you find out, you know, you're stressed when you're talking to Ellen Langer. Well, then the solution is easy. Don't talk to me. I've.

So I call you, Andrew, and I say, how stressed are you now and why? And we go through this over time. And then you find out, you know, you're stressed when you're talking to Ellen Langer. Well, then the solution is easy. Don't talk to me. I've.

I think that the first part is what guides most of us is what's been done before. And the fact that nobody has done it to me means nothing but to a lot of people. People create theories working backwards, you know, which is they often take what is and then derive rules to explain why it has to be like that.

I think that the first part is what guides most of us is what's been done before. And the fact that nobody has done it to me means nothing but to a lot of people. People create theories working backwards, you know, which is they often take what is and then derive rules to explain why it has to be like that.

I think that the first part is what guides most of us is what's been done before. And the fact that nobody has done it to me means nothing but to a lot of people. People create theories working backwards, you know, which is they often take what is and then derive rules to explain why it has to be like that.

Once you believe it has to be like that, then it doesn't occur to you to do anything other than that. But if we start off with the notions of science that I was talking about before, that it's all just probability, no absolutes, then it wouldn't occur to you to stay within the rigid boundaries. Not the best answer, but the only one that came to mind.

Once you believe it has to be like that, then it doesn't occur to you to do anything other than that. But if we start off with the notions of science that I was talking about before, that it's all just probability, no absolutes, then it wouldn't occur to you to stay within the rigid boundaries. Not the best answer, but the only one that came to mind.

Once you believe it has to be like that, then it doesn't occur to you to do anything other than that. But if we start off with the notions of science that I was talking about before, that it's all just probability, no absolutes, then it wouldn't occur to you to stay within the rigid boundaries. Not the best answer, but the only one that came to mind.

Yeah, that's the key. That, to me, it's a means of speaking to certain people. And it carries with it a certain gravitas. But I by no means feel that it's giving answers that are any more absolute. Well, as I said before, that all of the answers are probabilities. So it's just a language to use. You know, the counterclockwise study...

Yeah, that's the key. That, to me, it's a means of speaking to certain people. And it carries with it a certain gravitas. But I by no means feel that it's giving answers that are any more absolute. Well, as I said before, that all of the answers are probabilities. So it's just a language to use. You know, the counterclockwise study...

Yeah, that's the key. That, to me, it's a means of speaking to certain people. And it carries with it a certain gravitas. But I by no means feel that it's giving answers that are any more absolute. Well, as I said before, that all of the answers are probabilities. So it's just a language to use. You know, the counterclockwise study...

was criticized because I didn't publish it in a standard journal because my assumption of the – it's very hard if you're doing something over a week's time to control every possibility.

was criticized because I didn't publish it in a standard journal because my assumption of the – it's very hard if you're doing something over a week's time to control every possibility.

was criticized because I didn't publish it in a standard journal because my assumption of the – it's very hard if you're doing something over a week's time to control every possibility.

And what I was trying to do in that study was to show that vision, for example, can be improved, that lots of the things that people presume are wired in as you get older, it gets worse and worse, that it just doesn't have to be that way. But I'm having trouble remembering now because I know that I was going to write a paper about taking the whole science of science apart and never did.

And what I was trying to do in that study was to show that vision, for example, can be improved, that lots of the things that people presume are wired in as you get older, it gets worse and worse, that it just doesn't have to be that way. But I'm having trouble remembering now because I know that I was going to write a paper about taking the whole science of science apart and never did.

And what I was trying to do in that study was to show that vision, for example, can be improved, that lots of the things that people presume are wired in as you get older, it gets worse and worse, that it just doesn't have to be that way. But I'm having trouble remembering now because I know that I was going to write a paper about taking the whole science of science apart and never did.

And if I had written the paper, I'd probably remember what I was going to say and answer your question. But it's a good one. But I don't think that there's anything that is described as absolute that's going to be right, whether it's physics, even physics, biology, psychology, anything. that our methods can only take us so far.