Dr. Michael Grandner

It's extremely efficient.

It's extremely efficient because it makes a gazillion guesses and shortcuts without actually doing any real work, except when it absolutely has to.

So for example, it's like when you take a picture, your brain doesn't store every pixel.

Your brain stores this line here, this line here, this sort of pattern of colors and a set of instructions and fills in the gap.

Your brain stores the blueprints, not the house.

And the blueprints are rolled up this.

The house takes up, the building can take up a whole city block.

That's why the brain is super efficient.

It stores, it figures out what is the minimum amount of information it actually needs and then what are all the assumptions it needs to make to fill in all the details.

And the good thing is the universe works that like when things go farther away, they get smaller.

And like, there's all kinds of rules of the way that like you are you, and you will be you five minutes from now.

And I don't have to assume, make any assumptions that that can change.

There's rules to the universe.

And when you're engaging with the world that way, it could be really efficient, but.

Maybe there's connections that aren't explicit that might help you navigate your life.

So like, let's say we're having this conversation now.

Maybe you remind me of somebody who's a friend of mine from like years and years ago.

And, but you're not that person.

My conscious mind knows you're not that person.

There's no question about that.