Ep112 "How is computer code like magic?" (with Sam Arbesman)

Ep112 "How is computer code like magic?" (with Sam Arbesman)

What is code, and can it be thought of like a magic spell? Are we building a world so complex that we will lose the ability to understand its operations -- and has that already happened? What does any of this have to do with SimCity, or knowledge that already exists but no one has put together, or how coding will evolve in the near future? Join Eagleman with scientist Sam Arbesman, who has just written a book asking the question: what is code, really?

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Ep18 "Could you upload your brain to live forever?"

Ep18 "Could you upload your brain to live forever?"

How would we know if we were living in a simulation? What if you were a butterfly having a dream it was a human? What does any of this have to do with John Lennon, or Renee Descartes, or freezing your...

24 Heinä 202338min

Ep17 "What is consciousness?"

Ep17 "What is consciousness?"

How do your billions of tiny brain cells build consciousness as they chatter away with electrical spikes and chemical signals? And why is your laptop, with its sophisticated algorithms and billions of...

17 Heinä 202341min

Ep16 "Why is everyone who disagrees with you misinformed?"

Ep16 "Why is everyone who disagrees with you misinformed?"

Why is there so much polarization, and what does this have to do with neuroscience? Why do people on all sides of the political spectrum feel that if they could shout loudly enough in all caps on Twit...

10 Heinä 20231h 1min

Ep15 "What should happen when someone with a brain tumor breaks the law?"

Ep15 "What should happen when someone with a brain tumor breaks the law?"

When does neuroscience overlap with the legal system? Do we have free will or don't we? Did changes in Charles Whitman's brain have something to do with him becoming a mass shooter? Why was the heir t...

3 Heinä 202355min

Ep14 "Why do we have so little access to what’s happening under the hood?"

Ep14 "Why do we have so little access to what’s happening under the hood?"

Who is doing the choosing when you make a choice? Is there someone in your head but it’s not you? What is a chicken-sexer, and what do they have to do with British plane spotters during WWII? Do we ha...

26 Kesä 202338min

Ep13 "Will you perceive the event that kills you?"

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?"

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?"

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

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