The New Structure of Infinite Possibility | David Eagleman on Impact Theory
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- David Eagleman was always filled with wonder by the things he didn’t understand. The writer and the presenter of the amazing international PBS series The Brain, internationally best-selling author, and Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum in the area of Behavior and Neuroscience sits down with Tom Bilyeu to discuss the beautiful complexity of the brain in this episode of Impact Theory.
SHOW NOTES
David talks about what began his fascination with the brain. [3:53]
David shares the types of questions he asks in his first book “Sum.” [6:01]
Tom and David discuss the immeasurable power of the galaxy. [13:24]
David describes the gravitational pull that draws him to science. [17:24]
David explains the potato head theory and sticking new information into the brain. [20:46]
Tom and David discuss how neosensory helps develop a new perception of the world. [24:40]
David tells why the computer is a terrible metaphor for the brain. [35:33]
David talks about imperfect memories, getting more inputs, and associations. [38:24]
Tom and David discuss the notion of free will. [41:14]
David explores structural pathways and creating new senses in humans. [45:09]
David talks about neuro law and understanding the variety in people’s brains. [48:52]
David defines the impact that he wants to have on the world. [51:30]
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
BOOKS
Sum: Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman - amzn.to/2opInyD [2:04]
Incognito, The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman - amzn.to/2pZJCoq [2:28]
The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman - amzn.to/2opIEBJ [2:32]
Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman - amzn.to/2opvwg3 [16:16]
Livewired by David Eagleman - Coming 2018 bit.ly/2puBifU [34:25]
The Runaway Species by Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman - Coming October 2017 amzn.to/2q8e8c4 [36:21]
PEOPLE
Saud Guru interview - bit.ly/2e7HBPZ [15:41]
Francis Crick - bit.ly/2nYoEpu [16:34]
Paul Bloom - bit.ly/2ojKq34 [40:23]
RESOURCES
BrainCheck - bit.ly/2nYzxrp [28:55]
FOLLOW DAVID
PERSONAL WEBSITE: bit.ly/1HolTSw
ORGANIZATION WEBSITE: bit.ly/2oHFTdy
TWITTER: bit.ly/2kWj31m
INSTAGRAM: bit.ly/2ooDnFF
FACEBOOK: bit.ly/2punxho
Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of 2014 Inc. 500 company Quest Nutrition - a unicorn startup valued at over $1 billion - and the co-founder and host of Impact Theory. Impact Theory is a first-of-its-kind company designed to facilitate global change through the incubation of mission-based businesses and the cultivation of empowering content. Every piece of content Impact Theory creates is meant to underscore the company mission to free people from The Matrix and help them unlock their true potential. Impact Theory exists to inspire the next generation of game-changing companies and creators that will make a true and lasting impact on the world.
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I saw David at the Auckland Readers and Writers Festival recently and have been listening to every talk he's given that I can find online since then.I LOVE this guy! He makes my brain light up and my heart sing.
We can actually see the passion and love for neuroscience in Dr. David Eagleman's eyes and voice. That's what makes him so inspiring.
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i saw this episode 7 months after because i found out about Tom Bilyeu recently but what i want to say is that Tom, thanks for this episode. To put it short, this shit is Fu****g mind blowing! over a year ago i decided to change my mindset and noticed that as i did that i had a more open mind. open to discovery and understanding more things and being more curious but listening to David although my mind is pretty open now its still Fu****g closed compared to how much there is to discover! this just pushes me more to learn more and become more! Thanks alot because also even if your guest is an intelligent one, its no good if you dont ask those outstanding questions!
I guess everyone has a person that, in the right moment, makes you change in a spectacular way... Well, you are that person to me, Tom.
Right guy, right time ;)
This man's work is so fascinating! You need to bring him back in the future! :)
Gonçalo Costa !! Couldn’t Agree More . .
''Can humans develop a new kind of a perception?''. That's a fantastic question.
It is inspiring to hear people talking so honestly and passionately about their experience and journey. Thanks for sharing, Tom!
Truly my pleasure!
Incredible video - I am in awe of the research you do Tom so that your interviews flow so well! Such an expansive video and a really inspiring guest!
Thank you! So glad you liked it!
Thoroughly engaging interview. Opens new possibilities of thought.
Yes! So glad you liked it!
Watching your interviews and applying this knowledge is by far the coolest addictions I have :P Thank you for always delivering unsurpassed content!
Truly my pleasure! Glad you like it!
Nice smile
He's my Oprah
@@wendyguillen1111 Broprah 💪👊👍
Dude, I'm SO happy you interviewed David! I ordered his book Sum last week (starting it next week) and definitely intend to check out Incognito soon. But what really excited me was when I saw his face. I knew I recognized him, but couldn't figure out from where. It was the Sadhguru interview! I've followed Sadhguru for a while and remember loving that interview a while back. I specifically remember thinking that the interviewer was fantastic. So cool that this is him!
Andrew Cieply currently reading it
Deeply fascinating, and thought-provoking conversation with David Eagleman. Thank you, Tom.
Glad you liked it! David is a truly rare thinking. I looooove him.
Eagleman is an absolute legend.
Always amazing interviews..
Really interesting parallels between what David said during this interview and what Sadhguru said in the interview David did with him, that you referred to. Fascinating how similar the message and understanding are between two cosmically different perspectives (or are they?!)
(paraphrased) SADHGURU: "As you approach it, as you study and look at it, it will take on a trillion new forms."
DAVID: "The more you know as a scientist, the more answers you receive, the more questions are spawned because the world of possibility has expanded."
SADHGURU: "At some point we reach a place where the present faculties will not be enough (the five senses)."
DAVID: "Scientists are already reaching beyond the ability of our human faculties of perception and understanding by using equations and technologies that reach beyond and give us small glimpses of understanding what we cannot truly grasp." He also spoke of his main goal of expanding human perception to include additional senses.
Interestingly, science originated as a pursuit to gain understanding of the spiritual nature of existence, at a time when people were disenfranchised with the religious authority of the time and the old western paradigm of reality. Science veered off it's original quest for centuries yet today had begun to, often without realizing it, come full circle with answers to those original spiritual questions.
This comment is AMAZING!!! Thank you for taking the time to show those parallels! That's what I found so interesting about their interview as well!
wow well spotted!
ahh Tom, another amazing episode! Thank you for all your efforts to change the world
My pleasure! So glad you liked it!
Tom, seriously, brother, I've been following this show for the last 3 months RELIGIOUSLY. I cannot thank you enough for introducing me to these people, concepts, and ideas. My perception and mindset have greatly been influenced by this show. Every time I watch this show I walk away invigorated, enthralled, and pumped for action and creation. Like @joan climent's comment below : Right guy, right time. And you've been right for the last little while. I hope you keep doing what you're doing cuz I really think this show will gain AMAZING traction and that we who are watching it right now are just the "early adopters". Parting note : most of my teenhood idols/mentors were rock singers. I recently read the biography of my most revered icon and retained two things.
1. He had, from a very early age, great awareness of his gut instincts. He constantly took leaps of faith during his artistic career that has seen him be the frontman of 3 amazingly successful bands. And has toured with all 3 bands in one year (I think it was 2014 or 2015. I think.)
and 2. He's an entrepreneur that I think many other entrepreneurs could learn from in the vein of "how Creativity can influence your Business." He moved to Arizona, started tilling the land, built a vineyard, and raised Arizona's presence on the Global Wine Market, by FOLLOWING-UP ON A DREAM HE HAD, like an actual dream, the ones you get at night when you're sleeping, or maybe it was through an ayahuasca trip, nonetheless: a vision. I think MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN would be a great fit for the show. My mind would explode to see the two of you chat it out. Teenhood icon and adulthood mentor in one room. If you haven't already, ;) check out his bio : A Perfect Union of Contrary Things.
And STAY MIND-BLOWING! :-)
CHEERS,
Yanik Ethier
Thanks for the kind words and for putting Maynard on my radar. I know Tool, but didn't know him by name. Always love learning about new amazing people!
Ya, the guy is quite the performer. I gotta check my facts but I'm pretty sure he toured with 3 different bands in ONE year (I think it was 2014 or 2015.) 3 successful bands, might I add: TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE, and PUSCIFER. Cheers, buddy! Also, sidenote, because of the influence of you and your show I'm heading on an incredible journey : MindValley U in Barcelona at the end of May. THANK YOU.
I'm like Yanik. Growing up my icons were frontmen like Maynard. I don't know what my mind would do if Tom had Maynard on the show. It would be like a collision of worlds. Considering the lyrical content of Tool and already having had guests like Jamie Wheal and Jason Silva (and Kotler of course) I actually think Maynard would make a great contribution.
When Maynard was in Green Jelly, the goal was literally to make their music as bad as possible. Later on, they formed Tool and inverted that philosophy, taking everything they knew about bad music and turning it around.
Maynard has also referenced some of his lyrics as taking what you hate about others, and then turning that in on yourself - you find some very interesting things by doing that.
A couple of examples that strike me as being in the same lane as what you're doing here on It!
The way David views the world is fascinating and it makes you realize that the world and universe are fascinating!!! There are so many things that we take for granted or things we don't know. I was very excited during the interview, this might be my favorite episode. I keep saying that everytime you upload a new video haha, take that as a compliment ;)
That's the ultimate compliment! I'm glad you feel that way! And I totally agree, the universe is faaaaaascinating!
Fascinating interview! This and the interview with Moran Cerf has opened my mind to the enormous possibilities our brain has. Loving how habits like meditating can be scientifically proven to alter the brains wiring. If you combine the knowledge of how the brain works with a curiosity that leads you to mentioned meditating, cold showers, visualizing and a number of other recommended habits, there seems to really be virtually a limitless potential to yourself as a human being.
I strongly believe this is only the start of people becoming more self-aware and "awake". In a few decades, using habits to deliberately "program" the brain will be as common as checking Facebook is these days. Its a very exciting time to be alive, and I get so pumped up by watching interviews like this. Loving how there`s this endless spiral of books, theories, research and what have you on how the brain ourselves work, and how they all seem to support each others claims. Becoming addicted to the part of applying all this knowledge sure is awesome! Thank you Tom!
Terrific. I search for new David Eagleman videos a few times a year. Love him!
It was one of the greatest episodes and, please, more episodes about brain.
Glad you liked it! And count on it, the brain is my obsession!
I loved hearing him speak. It made me want to hear more. Love that!!
This guy is so chill, I just love his personality, if he was at the party, he would be the coolest dood
This video literally gave me my driving purpose now is to go to school in this field n get all his books this week! Ty for a warm eye opening view of possibilities of infinite everything
Can't wait to hear what you think of his books!
I loveee this episode!! thank you so much for sharing this with us! Read his book and watched some interviews with David and he is fascinating! I like the idea that we are deceived by our own brains and still we fall for it. And that there are different things we cannot notice or observe but they exist out there in the world, the same with our possibilities, they are out there, right now, but we have difficulty noticing them and assume if we don't see them they are non-existent.
Oh, man!!! I love the way you said that!!! Yes. It's exactly like our possibilities. Amazing. Thanks for sharing that!
OMG that was amazing thank you for your channel ... I am an expat teaching English at 2 medical colleges in China... I can't wait to share this with the 500+ students studying to be doctors, scientists and surgeons
That was such a great interview.
Glad you liked it!
love that simplification of expose interest of mine with my kids and they eventually will come and seek what it is Dad is doing. I am constantly reading in front of them and performing exercise. I will double down now! Thanks Tom for this mind-blowing interview!
Yeah! I thought that was a brilliant strategy too!
God, this interview is so dense with interesting and actionable information. Putting David on my reading list!
Tom! Your output and quality is insane! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Still my favorite thing to think about this week!
Thank you! Another very inspiring and thought provoking talk! I shared this with my 21 year old son whom I am really hoping will find some spark here. Rock on.
You are everyyywheeerreeee I swear
How do you know? ;) Good places to be seen.
Thanks for another great interview Tom. Thanks David. What a fascinating guy with an insatiable curiosity for such complex subjects in which he may be regarded as an expert, yet admits that he knows very little. Awesome and inspiring!
Neuroscientists know their stuff so well. I think he interviews psychologists and neuroscientists on purpose to gain a vast understanding of something so grandly seen in the world because we created it, but also so shrouded in mystery.
Tom ... SUCH A GREAT INTERVIEW ... YOU 'RE VERY AWESOME AS WELL 😊👍 !!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE DAVID !!! My brain is always on fire listening to this guy !!!
Thanks again Tom, agent Smith and others. Love this one as always and you have introduced me to so many new people that expanded my thinking in so many areas. You've also had guests that have been some of the biggest impact - makers in my life. So it's been great seeing some of the "classics like Tony Robbins, Tim Ferris and Vishin but also I have found so many new people that I now am following and adding to my ever-growing reading list. Your philosophy and what impact very stands for continues to shape my thinking and what's possible for myself. It's helped inspire me to disrupt myself and take a long-standing dream to find a way to teach critical life skills to disadvantage teens and make that a reality sooner than later. I know you know this but what you do here has an almost infinite multiplier effect. for every 1000 people that learn something from you and are inspired, just think about the math of how many people they inspire and then those also have new ways of thinking about mindset and what possible and then those that they inspire after that… Appreciate what you do as always. - Fred Brown
Thank you for taking the time to write this comment! Really amazing to hear! I just read this to Lisa and she got the chills. We're honored to be building this community and creating that multiplier effect.
Thank you for this wonderful interview.
SUM gave me this sense of just how incredible the world we live in his. If just one natural law was altered, our entire way of living would be different if we even could thrive in that instance. All the shit that came together for us to exist on this planet as we do is awe-inspiring! It’s almost like every possible thing was considered then some insanely creative genius set all these rules to ensure we could be. It’s hard to imagine our existence in the absence of something much bigger than us.
Great interview. Glad you guys worked it all out in one interview. found that more enjoyable than the actual interview. Not to say the talk wasn't interesting, it was... Just to see communication on such different levels is great. I wouldn't call it super human, I would just call it human, and it's a step towards remembering who we truly are. That's missing from television where things like that get cut.
I love the fascination that you have for David's humility.. :)
Love this show - it has changed my life wow so grateful thank you
OMG THIS BLEW MY MIND AGAIN!! Tom & David amazing amazing work!
Aside from the interview itself, I've kept trying to pin down what's wrong with the audio and I believe I figured it out. It's the room reverb - it rings a lot in the mids. So to whoever does the sound, try a dynamic eq that cuts the mids below the threshold (set just below your voice) and that should get rid of the boxiness of the room.
Damn... That's some amazing advice. Thank you!
Phenomenal interview on both parts!
Fasinating great fellow doing great work. Must read his books.
Tom wins this shoe battle. ⚔️
Ahhh these interviews are all SO good.
Great interview. David Eagleman is new to me. Several new books to read. :-)
Tom! Could you please write your list of 25 must read books for us? Thank you!
I've mentioned about bringing more neuroscientist to the show, but I think you're way ahead of me. Your show has the best content in all of media. Thanks.
Thank you! This is amazing!!😊
Engaging and informative episode thank you
The government and justice system needs to listen to this man about neuro law!
2020 and these ideas are still phenomenal!
An open-minded rational scientist, it's refreshing. Philosophy and Science are intimately interconnected for sure. The Brain-Mind construct, I think. David seems like a great human being as well, it's inspiring. "Sum" is on my list now, thank you.
Hi Tom, Amazing interview... I have been listening to your talks and interviews from a long time and it has helped me tremendously in changing my mindset.. One thing though, Sadhguru is one of my mentors in my spiritual journey in finding myself. I guess u have not heard him speak on subjects like happiness and focus. I was a bit taken aback when u comparing him to a cartoon character.. His way of teaching is very scientific and no nonsense kind..
I'm super fascinated by Sadhguru! I was trying compliment him, not insult him. I was just surprised by seeing someone with such a dramatically non-western style in a traditional-format interview with a very western-styled interviewer. The juxtaposition was interesting. Just my own limited frame of reference around appearance revealing itself. I actually want to get Sadhguru on the show. There's clearly much I could learn.
It will be very interesting conversation between you and Sadhguru
Tom Bilyeu Get him on your show please..please.. I hope he agrees as well.. the way you ask questions brings out so much from the person.. listening to Sadhguru answer your deep questions would be mind blowing.. thank you .. I am a fan of your show and Sadhguru
This is a really mind-expanding interview. I always like neuroscientists because while everyone is saying their opinion, they come in and disrupt everyone. They're also good at articulating themselves because they have a sort of intuitive understanding of the things they synthesize in their own minds because they spend their time studying the mind.
Also, do you think you can get Donald Trump on? that would be interesting to see, (I'm joking, but if you did that would be interesting nonetheless.)
This is totally mind blowing, omg
He thought: All we hear with is vibrations interpreted by our brain, why can't' we hear with our chest. THAT is so... astoundingly, introspectively, creatively, open mindedly AWESOME. Humbled by that ability to see the world and question that which "is"
So true! Well said. That's one of the things I love about him!
Excellent!! 👏🏼
Super interesting! Thanks!
So fascinating!
Brilliant absolutely brilliant by far my favourite neuroscientist absolute genius
Genius.......love it man
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
William Blake on Micro Macro
This interview was awesome, can't wait to read the book!
this man is gonna change how humans perceive the world around them
"LiveWired: How the Brain Reconfigures Itself" upcoming in 2019!
That was AMAZING. Thanks David & Tom. I love how you both examined the dialogue of David & Sadhguru. It's been bothering me immensely how some scientists have been radicalizing their religion of extremist atheist. I find it also unscientific to just dismiss ALL opinions of the other and haven't got an ounce of curiosity left to examine other possibilities. My Albert would have never been that rude and you, David, continue his path.
* All science is the history of knowledge until that moment.
* I believe full rehabilitation should be a constitutional right, if possible (& if not possible 2 find a solution). Otherwise the justice system commits an act of omission and should be held fully responsibly for any re-offending. It is a massive FAIL in their duty to protect the public. ... a lofty dream of mine...
Get him back soon Tom.
Amazing!!
Always maintain knowledge even though it may not be understood or fully pertained keep it for future recall
this makes me smile :)
You and me both. David is incredible!
It's so refreshing to hear a scientist admit how little we know. Like Einstein, David Eagleman has humility.
Tom, you've mentioned how you do this a few times, but I find it so cool and funny that the shirt you wear is specifically related to the interviewee. It's always fun to try and see how the shirt relates . Sometimes it's obvious and other times , not so much.
My favorite 2 people (talking)!
This is brilliant
I discovered David Eagleman on TED talks and he is asking very similar questions to what has interested me for ever but he answers them in different and sometimes better ways. I have wondered why just electrical pulses become experiences and how perception builds our world. I really dont recommend this but I have taken a lot of mushrooms in my youth and I have seen sounds coming out of a speaker and I still knew what the music was and I would have been able to see it through soundproof glass and I would have seen the music. I believe it's called synesthesia (probably spelled that wrong) It was very strange and doesnt seem possible now I have typed it and read it but it is a real thing, although i cannot explain it.
never got this quote until today ," if you want to change the world change the metaphor "an extra I've been eating more fruit and I feel 10 times more sharp
I have an idea that when babies are born (and even when in the womb) the loving care creates a chemical that starts the brain off to choose the good puppet and vice versa. With trauma early in life that is pervasive (neglect, abuse) the chemical is negative and affects the brain’s development. If it’s the later, one behaves without empathy. Anyway, David has changed my life. Thanks, Tom - you are cool too.
Just something I noticed after watching David's TED talk, and then a few more interviews over the years, is that the cost of the wearable haptic hearing device is rising dramatically. In the TED talk he said it was around $40 (may have meant $40 in materials, but still), in another interview in Australia he said a couple hundred bucks, and here he stated $1000. That's a big difference and will start to exclude the market that could afford it.
Tom you did it again🙃 Eagleman himself. UFF!
He's amazing, right?!
Props to the camera operator keeping their eyes on the "Rule of thirds". I see you...
Mind totally blown...wide open....whats possible!? Everything! Wow
Wow fucking wow. i will be in debt with tom forever all of this information i would have never come across any of this, and i love it. Thanks TOM.
Just one word: AWESOMETACULAR!!!
I have a friend with synesthesia and sees colorful patterns with sounds. He is an exceptionally talented percussionist/drummer/musician. Interesting stuff, this brainy matter...
I secretly wish I were a synesthete. I think it would massively impact creativity and memory (for certain things).
20:00
Perfect
Genius guy❤️
Going to have to read Forty Tales from the Afterlives now.
My brain has just expanded. Btw Tom your chair is about to break - 30:49
Nice! And the chair came like that and I'm too lazy to send it back. I'll have to laugh if it collapses mid episode. ;-)
Awesome awesome awesome.
Strong words can move a mountain to reveal a field of dreams
Tom, can you please try and interview Robert Lanza?
Forward looking legal/criminal/justice system is an arena with such immense potential for positive impact! Education, same thing. Individualized instruction, restitution...making a better future.
Yeah... This is going to be a fascinating area to watch. I think it will resist change despite the fact that it obviously needs it.
BODY, SOUL & SPIRIT
A good mechanic can tell you all about the car and how it works, but without a driver, it won't move!
I am curious how emotions and feelings are generated by the brain. Why some people are shy and others confident?
I know that confidence is earned having experience, but is it a shortcut for that? Nowadays is very important to have confidence
in every area if you want to succeed.
Yeah. It's a little shocking how important confidence is. And by important I mean effective.
Where can I find the list Tom talks about 3 mins in? 25 books to read
43:09 What about Synesthesia?
This was amazing ! Tom, My OCD is killing me. Can u please bent the front left leg of your seat back to its original position : D
I just drink the blue cool aid.
Grrreeeaat interview.
I fucking* needed this!
Awesome!
Tom, where can we find this 25 book list that you made? I actually have a goal of reading 25 books each year, so maybe I could dedicate one year to your reading pilars:)