This is clicking on an existential level for me. Lex Fridman's podcasts in particular have been sort of forking in two directions lately, one on artificial int

This is clicking on an existential level for me. Lex Fridman's podcasts in particular have been sort of forking in two directions lately, one on artificial intelligence, consciousness and just a somewhat muted wonder how the human mind operates and our present lack of understanding of how it comes together systematically to create our experience. The other is about physics and how the experimental and theoretical come together to try to give us a better understanding of the fabric of our universe. For this video, in the former case it shows how plastic the mind can be. I'm probably about the same age as the guy in the video and honestly have been struggling with an experience of cognitive decline lately. To see how adaptive the brain is to not only develop grooves that accelerate analysis in the long form, but also adapt to new rules and constraints almost as quickly is really quite remarkable (and for me personally, encouraging). His quick pattern analysis at the end uncovered the second case for me. This is obviously something we've seen in many other situations as well, but how a collection of 'particles' with multi-dimensional constraints can form order and even crystalline structure from almost nothing. Very fun video to watch. Thanks for sharing.