For that we have to ask, what is the nature of mind?

Well, we've seen that that can't be true.

What is Buddhism but 2,500 years of empirical observation as to the nature of mind?

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

Ideally you would love to do all this non invasively.

And is there a place in our brain where it can be found?

Close observation is necessary for the experiment.

You watch?

Girls hate bugs, love hugs, and are better at vacuuming rugs.

We are going to hear about drugs.

Francis Bacon and then, later, Isaac Newton, had proposed an inductive scientific method.

I watch.

Observe.

Observing.

But you do it, by what I just you know, you do experiments, and you write down things sometimes, you make observations, you know.

I love that phrase.

Who has ever got a goal or desire and thought, is this all there is?

but you could hurt not only yourself, but the school, the girls, all of us.

So let's see what happens.

Place the observer above a random latitude and longitude

Yes from a managerial standpoint.

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective, intelligent, intellectual, savvy, worldly and innovative people in the world.

Exp.

I took my camera, I took my notebook, took a chair, and started to observe this behavior.

And so we can look at a bunch of different variables.

His view of life is based on his long experience.

Like bird watchers? No.

Surveillance report

These are our observation machines.

The experiment means to actually verify the prediction so we take the plate and let it fall.

I'm experiencing physical pain.

It was logical to cultivate multiple options.

Alright. Let's leave that.

The students observed as the teacher demonstrated the science experiment.

Well, the sun is not attracted to the center of the earth. It's rather the other way around.

What I really think we gain from this is students getting intuition and experience in far greater quantities than they've ever got before.

The final phase of the project allows subjects to be released under the supervision of a guardian's care.

I heard over and over again, Wow, that was worth it.

lysogenic cycle.

With each of these disruptions, it changes the amount of social interaction.

(Laughter)

My experience was so mysterious

What you might call an experiential overlap.

They're watching you.

Because I'm on probation, yo.