Ep160 "Do You Really Have a Self?" with Sam Harris
re you the author of your thoughts or just their witness? Do we simply watch our thoughts like we watch unfolding dream plots? What if the most familiar thing you experience — yourself — isn’t really ...
29 Jun 1h 6min
Ep159 "If Your Brain Changed Slightly, Would You Still Be You?" with Masud Husain
Could a tiny injury to your brain change your personality? If your friends didn’t know something had happened in your brain, would they just think you're choosing to act strangely? What if the self is...
22 Jun 1h 12min
Ep158 "What do babies, animals, and AI have in common?" with Melanie Mitchell
When AI gets the right answer, how do we know it got there the right way? Why do we assume that fluent language means intelligence? What do infants and chatbots have in common? What do AI’s mistakes t...
15 Jun 45min
Ep157 "Where Did the Letter "A" Come From?" with Danny Bate
How can we use 26 symbols to capture everything in the cosmos of human experience? Where do our written symbols in English come from? What ancient ghosts are still hiding inside the letters you read e...
8 Jun 53min
Ep156 What Do We Learn About AI by Dancing with Robots? with Catie Cuan
Why do we read so much into how a robot moves, and what does that tell us about human brains? Why did our history make us so sensitive to movement? Why do we trust graceful motion? Should we make a ro...
1 Jun 1h 12min
Ep155 "Why Can’t Some People Stop Thinking Certain Thoughts?" with Jon Hershfield
Why do brains generate strange thoughts sometimes? And why do some brains refuse to let go of those thoughts? Today we'll talk about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) with expert Jon Hershfield, get...
25 Mai 1h 2min
Ep154 "Can a Depressed Brain Find Its Way Out?" with Jon Nelson
What if your brain got stuck in sadness and never reset? What does it feel like when joy disappears completely? Can a person love their family deeply and still want to die? What do you do when treatme...
18 Mai 1h 30min
Ep153 Can You Unlearn Anxiety? with Judson Brewer
Week 2 of Mental Health Awareness month: Anxiety is close to everyone’s experience, either because you've had it or someone close to you has. Does your brain accidentally teach itself to stay anxious ...
11 Mai 58min
