Prof. Joel Pearson (Neuroscientist; AI and intuition expert) developed the first scientific test to measure intuition, dragging it out of the woo-woo realm and into a cognitive framework. He’s now written The Intuition Toolkit: The New Science of Knowing What without Knowing Why to show us how and when to use this mysterious superpower in our lives (not while rock-climbing on a date, not at a casino!).Joel is the founder and Director of Future Minds Lab which applies neuroscience findings to art, AI, media, advertising and various philosophical quandaries. He’s also a National Health and Medical Research Council fellow and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, Australia.In this chat we cover when and how to use intuition, why intuition is hijacked by anxiety and depression, whether AI will ever be able to have intuition, aphantasia and a bunch of deep, wide questions about what it means to be human, including the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Mostly, Joel is a great conversationalist, someone you’d want to sit next to at a dinner party.SHOW NOTESGet Joel’s book The Intuition Toolkit: The New Science of Knowing What without Knowing WhyFollow Joel on his Future Minds Lab Substack You might also like to listen to my WILD chat with Sheena Iyengar, the scientist who first ran those “paradox of choice” studiesAnd with George Paxinos, regarded as the world’s leading brain expert on whether our brains are “good” enough to save the planetI mention the book Klara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it’s where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet’s connect on Instagram and WeAre8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
thank you Nate and Sarah! this episode was very validating for me. I'm working on building our little community in mine and surrounding streets. we are having the hard discussions and trying to move forward with community based principals in mind. I have now decided not to buy another vehicle (mine was stolen earlier this year) after hearing this episode. keep up the discussions. can't keep our heads in the sand forever
Are you conflating privilege with "the wisdom of the universe"?
loved this podcast! where my left brain thinking is right now. time to veer right 🤍🖤
loved this episode. sometimes I cringe recalling my thoughts on some cultural practices different to my own. privilege and how we are shaped by our environment can be extremely limiting or an opportunity for growth depending on your mindset. I love the take away of staying humble and practising humility are key.
well done on an educational and realistic run up to the elections. I have no doubt that your podcasts and tireless commitment to fair and democratic process has helped in achieving a change in government that has some serious accountability to keep them on a better path for this world and future generations.
loving the last few episodes. election conviction is foremost on my mind right now.
I learnt so much in this conversation! thank you so much! definitely worth a few listens.
I loved your chat with Sia! Agreed, she is truly an artist of the ages and seems limitless in what she can create. My take from today's chat is that we all need to look at the intent behind words and actions before we judge. Sia's intention was clearly sympathetic. We are all learning and most likely to absorb and change belief systems if we are gently educated about prejudices that we are unaware we had/have. my daughter is continually bringing things to my attention that I need to look at through a different lens. I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie 😁 Jacqui 🦋