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Intuition is real. We can understand it with all the science we already have. We can unpack some simple rules for when we should or shouldn't use it. Following those rules, I really think, can improve people's decision making in a sort of harmonious way.

My guest today is Dr Joel Pearson, a neuroscientist and psychologist on the cutting edge of understanding the elusive nature of the unconscious mind. So it turns out, our body has access to information in our brains that we don't. What can the brain do with information when it's unconscious? This is an expertise he lends to companies like Google and Pixar, and expertly elaborates upon in his book The intuition toolkit. If you think you don't have intuition or you can't use it, I think you probably can, but you need to start practicing, practice with the small decisions, and then see how you can improve that over time. What was the most surprising discovery that you made about intuition? Whew, how long have we got? Yeah, let's we got plenty of time. Let's get comfortable. So today's episode is brought to you by the awesome organizations that make this show possible. You all right, Joel, so nice to meet you. Likewise, just to kind of contextualize your work as a whole. I mean, basically your mission is to demystify consciousness through neuroscience, yeah, and accurate, yeah, and the lab, I guess slightly more specifically, what we try and do is figure out ways to measure things in the mind that people have traditionally thought you can't measure.