Maybe we'll understand more about how the universe came to be, and what forces drove it in the early days and which forces drive it now.

One of the things that got me transitioning from physical science to brain science was asking, Why do we understand so much about the universe?

I worry that we don't have a very good definition of consciousness yet which makes it hard to tackle.

Maybe we'll understand more about how the universe came to be, and what forces drove it in the early days and which forces drive it now.

When I'm talking to somebody, I'll put a piece of paper on the table and I'll write what I call a conversation summary - notes about the conversation on the piece of paper. At the end of the conversation, I'll take a picture on my phone and give the other person the original piece of paper.

Remember, when we're conscious of something, that state is quite often generated by unconscious processes that happen right before it.

I spend a lot of time going over old conversation summaries. A lot of the old ones are about ideas that ended in failure, the project didn't work. But hey, you know what? That was five years ago, and now computers are faster, or some new information has come along, the world is different. So we're able to reboot the project.