Robert Epstein
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Well, I... I've concluded that, in fact, let me give you some background here. Okay. Okay. Everyone knows that evolution has created millions, possibly billions of different species.
Well, I... I've concluded that, in fact, let me give you some background here. Okay. Okay. Everyone knows that evolution has created millions, possibly billions of different species.
So at least people who kind of give some credence to Darwin kind of get that. And I recently reread Darwin's magnum opus just to see what he actually said. And, you know, he's actually very tentative about the theory of evolution in his book. You know, he keeps saying, I know this sounds crazy, but... But it's a better alternative than saying God did it.
So at least people who kind of give some credence to Darwin kind of get that. And I recently reread Darwin's magnum opus just to see what he actually said. And, you know, he's actually very tentative about the theory of evolution in his book. You know, he keeps saying, I know this sounds crazy, but... But it's a better alternative than saying God did it.
So at least people who kind of give some credence to Darwin kind of get that. And I recently reread Darwin's magnum opus just to see what he actually said. And, you know, he's actually very tentative about the theory of evolution in his book. You know, he keeps saying, I know this sounds crazy, but... But it's a better alternative than saying God did it.
And then he just, over and over again, he says, I know this is crazy, but... And so we end up with a theory that's pretty widely accepted that says evolution over time, because of changing environments and because there's variability in genetic code, over and over again, it keeps selecting for organisms... that can survive in this new environment.
And then he just, over and over again, he says, I know this is crazy, but... And so we end up with a theory that's pretty widely accepted that says evolution over time, because of changing environments and because there's variability in genetic code, over and over again, it keeps selecting for organisms... that can survive in this new environment.
And then he just, over and over again, he says, I know this is crazy, but... And so we end up with a theory that's pretty widely accepted that says evolution over time, because of changing environments and because there's variability in genetic code, over and over again, it keeps selecting for organisms... that can survive in this new environment.
And so every time it does that, it kind of creates divergences among those animals and those animals. And over time, you end up with two separate species that can't even produce offspring together. And we end up over time with millions, maybe billions of species. All good.
And so every time it does that, it kind of creates divergences among those animals and those animals. And over time, you end up with two separate species that can't even produce offspring together. And we end up over time with millions, maybe billions of species. All good.
And so every time it does that, it kind of creates divergences among those animals and those animals. And over time, you end up with two separate species that can't even produce offspring together. And we end up over time with millions, maybe billions of species. All good.
But there's something we haven't really given much thought to, and that is evolution has also created millions, if not billions, of transducers. So this is the beginning of what I call NTT or neural transduction theory. We are encased in transducers. Now, in case people don't know what a transducer is, there's one right in front of my mouth right now. It's a one-way transducer.
But there's something we haven't really given much thought to, and that is evolution has also created millions, if not billions, of transducers. So this is the beginning of what I call NTT or neural transduction theory. We are encased in transducers. Now, in case people don't know what a transducer is, there's one right in front of my mouth right now. It's a one-way transducer.
But there's something we haven't really given much thought to, and that is evolution has also created millions, if not billions, of transducers. So this is the beginning of what I call NTT or neural transduction theory. We are encased in transducers. Now, in case people don't know what a transducer is, there's one right in front of my mouth right now. It's a one-way transducer.
It's taking a signal over here, which is just vibrating air, but the vibration has a pattern to it. And it's converting that signal into an electrical signal, which is coming out this wire, and And that electrical signal has roughly the same pattern. I say roughly because it depends how good your microphone is. But that's what transducers do.
It's taking a signal over here, which is just vibrating air, but the vibration has a pattern to it. And it's converting that signal into an electrical signal, which is coming out this wire, and And that electrical signal has roughly the same pattern. I say roughly because it depends how good your microphone is. But that's what transducers do.
It's taking a signal over here, which is just vibrating air, but the vibration has a pattern to it. And it's converting that signal into an electrical signal, which is coming out this wire, and And that electrical signal has roughly the same pattern. I say roughly because it depends how good your microphone is. But that's what transducers do.
They take signals from one medium, send them to another medium. Our bodies, in fact the bodies of most organisms, are encased in transducers. Head to toe. Transducers. Okay, we all know the eye is a transducer. It's taking electromagnetic radiation. It's turning it into what? Neural signals. The ear, it's taking vibrating air, it's turning it into neural signals.
They take signals from one medium, send them to another medium. Our bodies, in fact the bodies of most organisms, are encased in transducers. Head to toe. Transducers. Okay, we all know the eye is a transducer. It's taking electromagnetic radiation. It's turning it into what? Neural signals. The ear, it's taking vibrating air, it's turning it into neural signals.
They take signals from one medium, send them to another medium. Our bodies, in fact the bodies of most organisms, are encased in transducers. Head to toe. Transducers. Okay, we all know the eye is a transducer. It's taking electromagnetic radiation. It's turning it into what? Neural signals. The ear, it's taking vibrating air, it's turning it into neural signals.