Robert Sapolsky

So that's all that's happening here is now the mental doctor will say, I have a test. There's nothing in this that feels invasive to you? Well, obviously tunneling into the deep depths of your personhood.

So it's like the broken arm thing you started off with. So you would put the two side by side? I think I would. And then, of course, you get to the next. No, come on, Robert. I mean, human beings are way too messy for that. You're too messy for it to be that easy.

So it's like the broken arm thing you started off with. So you would put the two side by side? I think I would. And then, of course, you get to the next. No, come on, Robert. I mean, human beings are way too messy for that. You're too messy for it to be that easy.

So it's like the broken arm thing you started off with. So you would put the two side by side? I think I would. And then, of course, you get to the next. No, come on, Robert. I mean, human beings are way too messy for that. You're too messy for it to be that easy.

It's just too... There's a part of me that does think it is out of science's reach.

It's just too... There's a part of me that does think it is out of science's reach.

It's just too... There's a part of me that does think it is out of science's reach.

I do. I mean, don't get me wrong. I find brain scans fascinating when it comes to questions like, where is the soul? What is consciousness? That kind of stuff. But don't kind of get in my head and tell me what's right and what's wrong.

I do. I mean, don't get me wrong. I find brain scans fascinating when it comes to questions like, where is the soul? What is consciousness? That kind of stuff. But don't kind of get in my head and tell me what's right and what's wrong.

I do. I mean, don't get me wrong. I find brain scans fascinating when it comes to questions like, where is the soul? What is consciousness? That kind of stuff. But don't kind of get in my head and tell me what's right and what's wrong.

Yes, but I enjoy the comfortable ambiguity that would come from a situation like sitting in a therapist's office and saying, well, how am I feeling? I'm feeling this way or that way. And in the messiness of trying to describe how you're feeling. There's a vast landscape of things that can happen, choices you can make, therapies you can pursue.

Yes, but I enjoy the comfortable ambiguity that would come from a situation like sitting in a therapist's office and saying, well, how am I feeling? I'm feeling this way or that way. And in the messiness of trying to describe how you're feeling. There's a vast landscape of things that can happen, choices you can make, therapies you can pursue.

Yes, but I enjoy the comfortable ambiguity that would come from a situation like sitting in a therapist's office and saying, well, how am I feeling? I'm feeling this way or that way. And in the messiness of trying to describe how you're feeling. There's a vast landscape of things that can happen, choices you can make, therapies you can pursue.

So you can audit the doctor.

So you can audit the doctor.

So you can audit the doctor.

I think I'm a little bit on board. I can give you 10% buy-in now. Okay. So how far off is this stuff? Is it going to come soon?

I think I'm a little bit on board. I can give you 10% buy-in now. Okay. So how far off is this stuff? Is it going to come soon?

I think I'm a little bit on board. I can give you 10% buy-in now. Okay. So how far off is this stuff? Is it going to come soon?

Or in 20 years, it'll be obvious that we were wrong. Okay? That's a real possibility because what we don't know is vast. And I want to tell you a story now about just how wrong people can be.