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Learning vs. Hardwiring Beliefs
1:31:01 - 1:39:47 (08:45)
The things we believe to be hardwired in our brains may actually just be learned behaviors that are easy to pick up. This includes beliefs about religion and concepts like immortality that we may construct to ease our minds.
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The podcast explores whether certain aspects of brain function are learned or hardwired, specifically focusing on the development of oriented edge detectors in the V1 visual cortex.
1:31:01 - 1:33:02 (02:00)
Summary
The podcast explores whether certain aspects of brain function are learned or hardwired, specifically focusing on the development of oriented edge detectors in the V1 visual cortex.
ChapterLearning vs. Hardwiring Beliefs
Episode#258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The human mind copes with the realization of mortality by constructing deep meanings, immortality, and deluding itself with busyness, goals, and religious beliefs, even at a young age when going to school is a way to optimize long-term objectives.
1:33:02 - 1:38:12 (05:10)
Summary
The human mind copes with the realization of mortality by constructing deep meanings, immortality, and deluding itself with busyness, goals, and religious beliefs, even at a young age when going to school is a way to optimize long-term objectives.
ChapterLearning vs. Hardwiring Beliefs
Episode#258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This discussion delves into the reasons why people may claim to be "fine" with their own mortality but actually may hold deeper concerns about the concept of death, and how belief in God can impact these fears.
1:38:12 - 1:39:47 (01:34)
Summary
This discussion delves into the reasons why people may claim to be "fine" with their own mortality but actually may hold deeper concerns about the concept of death, and how belief in God can impact these fears.