Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett

I'm just reading for the second time, this book it's called open Socrates.

I'm just reading for the second time, this book it's called open Socrates.

And it's a really wonderful book. And I've learned a lot about Socratic philosophy that I didn't know. And one of the things. that Socrates thought was important was asking this question of what is meaning and that you shouldn't be asking this question in 15 minute increments. You should be really asking this question about the expanse of your life.

And it's a really wonderful book. And I've learned a lot about Socratic philosophy that I didn't know. And one of the things. that Socrates thought was important was asking this question of what is meaning and that you shouldn't be asking this question in 15 minute increments. You should be really asking this question about the expanse of your life.

And so I think if anything, being a scientist who studies how a brain in constant conversation with a body and the other brains and bodies in our world and even the physical nature of our world, how that creates lots of different kinds of minds, including our very Western mind.

And so I think if anything, being a scientist who studies how a brain in constant conversation with a body and the other brains and bodies in our world and even the physical nature of our world, how that creates lots of different kinds of minds, including our very Western mind.

That makes me think more about the importance of philosophy, actually, because I think philosophy is asking the same kinds of questions that religious belief tries to answer. And for me, that's a better path. I think it's a more comfortable path. I've often been asking questions like this my whole life, actually, so it makes me feel more like, what's the point? Like, what is the ultimate point?

That makes me think more about the importance of philosophy, actually, because I think philosophy is asking the same kinds of questions that religious belief tries to answer. And for me, that's a better path. I think it's a more comfortable path. I've often been asking questions like this my whole life, actually, so it makes me feel more like, what's the point? Like, what is the ultimate point?

I think the answer for me, the ultimate point is to leave the world a little better than I found it. It's like the Johnny Appleseed, you know, philosophy. You know, like as a scientist, scientists often, you know, a lot of us, we don't do what we do for money. Money's not bad, but we don't do what we do for money. We do it for other motivations, right?

I think the answer for me, the ultimate point is to leave the world a little better than I found it. It's like the Johnny Appleseed, you know, philosophy. You know, like as a scientist, scientists often, you know, a lot of us, we don't do what we do for money. Money's not bad, but we don't do what we do for money. We do it for other motivations, right?

To know, to be curious, to try to discover things. And at some point we start to think about, well, what's your legacy, right? Most of us are not Darwin. We're not William James. We're not, you know... Heisenberg, we're not, you know, most of us are not those people. So what's your legacy? And in the end, I realized that I've published a lot of peer review papers.

To know, to be curious, to try to discover things. And at some point we start to think about, well, what's your legacy, right? Most of us are not Darwin. We're not William James. We're not, you know... Heisenberg, we're not, you know, most of us are not those people. So what's your legacy? And in the end, I realized that I've published a lot of peer review papers.

When people introduce me, you know, they give some kind of like, you know, about my citation, you

When people introduce me, you know, they give some kind of like, you know, about my citation, you

Yeah, that's all nice, super nice. But actually, my legacy is really the people who I've trained, the minds that I've had the opportunity to engage with, And if I were going to be bean counting, I might be bean counting the number of laboratories that now exist that didn't exist before. Several generations of scientists who I trained.

Yeah, that's all nice, super nice. But actually, my legacy is really the people who I've trained, the minds that I've had the opportunity to engage with, And if I were going to be bean counting, I might be bean counting the number of laboratories that now exist that didn't exist before. Several generations of scientists who I trained.

Or who, you know, and also who trained me, I mean, along the way. So that's my legacy in some ways, really. It's the people. It's the people and the ideas. And I would like to think just to actually to just wrap up to where we started.

Or who, you know, and also who trained me, I mean, along the way. So that's my legacy in some ways, really. It's the people. It's the people and the ideas. And I would like to think just to actually to just wrap up to where we started.

You know, when I used to do a lot of classroom teaching, I would feel like what I told myself is if I can change the trajectory, the outcomes of just one person in this class, just one, then I will have done my job, you know? And I kind of feel that way a little bit, sort of the same about the public face of what I'm doing, right? The public science education.

You know, when I used to do a lot of classroom teaching, I would feel like what I told myself is if I can change the trajectory, the outcomes of just one person in this class, just one, then I will have done my job, you know? And I kind of feel that way a little bit, sort of the same about the public face of what I'm doing, right? The public science education.