• Episode 32: Our Brains Are Context Making Machines

  • Dec 7 2022
  • Length: 15 mins
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Episode 32: Our Brains Are Context Making Machines

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  • SUMMARY:
    In this episode, JD and Mordecai continue their discussion on things we think we see and we really don't.  They discuss how we are improving every day and how our brain processes stories based on our past.

    TIMESTAMPS: 

    0:00 - The meaninglessness of meaninglessness

    0:50 - What’s it like when you wake up and you’re on vacation in your dream?

    1:09 - Much of the work our brains are doing is kind of backfilling and trying to make sense of what it is

    2:20 - What do you think about the idea of our brains as “brains?”

    2:40 - What’s it like when you’re tired?

    4:33 - When you’re in a hotel, it’s like you have to run a show

    7:28 - "It's like being in a movie where there's always something else."

    9:30 - How long does it take to get to the point where you’re saying “everything is meaningless?”?

    11:23 - What does it mean to be “effective?”
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