Ep13 "Will you perceive the event that kills you?"
How far in the past do you live? Why are live television shows not actually live? What does any of this have to do with nuclear bombs, car accidents, plane crashes, volcanos, or the last episode of th...
19 Kesä 202332min
Ep12 "Can we create new senses for humans?"
Can a blind person come to see through her tongue? What would it be like to smell with the nose of a dog? How can we perceive streams of information that are normally invisible to us? And what does an...
12 Kesä 202350min
Ep11 "What does dreaming have to do with the rotation of the planet?"
Why are some of the best musicians blind? Can blind people learn how to echolocate, like a bat? What do your nightly dreams have to do with the rotation of the planet? Once we find alien life on other...
5 Kesä 202347min
Ep10 "Why is it so hard to spot a counterfeit bill?"
What do charlatans have to understand about human perception? Why are you so bad at recognizing a real penny among fakes? What did Eagleman have to do with the redesign of the Euro, and why did he cam...
29 Touko 202335min
Ep9 "What does eating that cookie have to do with the hero of the Trojan war?"
We all have goals, and we all face temptations that get in the way. So what's happening in the brain when we act in a manner that isn't in accordance with who we want to be? Computers don’t have these...
22 Touko 202341min
Ep8 "How does your brain decide what to buy?"
What’s happening when you stand in the supermarket aisle and stare at the shelf full of options? It may not look like there’s much going on from the outside, but inside there’s a war of networks ragin...
15 Touko 202337min
Ep7 "Is AI truly intelligent? How would we know if it got there?"
Modern AI is blowing everyone’s mind. But is it intelligent like humans, or is it just playing impressive statistical games? Could AI reach or exceed our level of intelligence, and how would we know w...
8 Touko 202345min
Ep6 "What will AI mean for artists?"
Will writers, artists, and musicians find themselves unemployed by AI? What are the new capabilities we’re seeing and what does it all mean for human creativity? And what does this have to do with dia...
2 Touko 202349min
