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Jay Novella

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1485 total appearances

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Steve, what do you think?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Yeah, absolutely.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

And I think if we knew much more about the late Ediacaran, I think we'd be like, yeah, this is not an explosion at all because you could – I'm sure they would make such amazing discoveries.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

And unfortunately, we'll get insights into that period but never like the insights we have now with the Cambrian explosion, all those hard fossils.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

It was really –

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Oh, yeah.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Right, right.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Yeah, I think he's run into some people who just really did not appreciate what was happening during a sucking event at all.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Based on this context, I would say yes.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Okay, and Bob?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

All right.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

The multitasking one, I think, Steve, my take on true multitasking was that these were like two mental threads going and not just a physical behavior and a thinking behavior.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

So I don't think that would be classified as true multitasking.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

I could be wrong, absolutely.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

But we have said over and over that true multitasking really is not possible.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

And it is the quick switching when people think, oh, I'm doing all these things at once.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

No, you're really just going from one to the other.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

But still, I still think that there's something that some obscure things Steve found.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Maybe with meditation, you can engage these other circuits in the brain, whatever.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

The one that really rubbed me the wrongest was...