Ep85 rebroadcast - "What is a Thought?"

Ep85 rebroadcast - "What is a Thought?"

Brains bear thoughts like a peach tree bears peaches. Even for meditators it's almost impossible to stop the firehose of words and images and ideas. But what in the world is a thought, physically? How can you hear a voice in your head when there's no one speaking in the outside world? And what does any of this have to do with a small marine animal who eats its own brain? Join Eagleman for this week's deep dive into our inner life.

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Ep6 "What will AI mean for artists?"

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 Mai 202349min

Ep5 "How is your brain like a team of rivals?"

Ep5 "How is your brain like a team of rivals?"

Would you kill one person to save the lives of five others? Why do you find yourself on the horns of a dilemma when someone offers you a chocolate cake? How can you believe different things at once? F...

24 Apr 202340min

Ep4 "Do people experience different realities?"

Ep4 "Do people experience different realities?"

Do you see blue the same way I do on the inside? Why do some people think the northern lights make noise? Why do you think the low note on the piano is larger, and the high note brighter? Join Eaglema...

17 Apr 202353min

Ep3 "Could animals learn to speak human?"

Ep3 "Could animals learn to speak human?"

What is intelligence? Why don’t gophers write novels? Why didn't crows invent the internet? And what does any of this have to do with brain algorithms, finding aliens on earth, and why World War 5 cou...

10 Apr 202334min

Ep2 "What would you do with robotic wings? (or How to get a better body)"

Ep2 "What would you do with robotic wings? (or How to get a better body)"

How is it possible for a dog to become a champion surfer? Why does the world’s best archer have no arms? Why might someone come to believe that her leg doesn’t belong to her? How can we build robots t...

3 Apr 202353min

Ep1 "Does time really slow down when you're in fear for your life?"

Ep1 "Does time really slow down when you're in fear for your life?"

When he was a child, Eagleman fell off a roof and time seemed to run in slow motion. When he became a neuroscientist, he grew curious about the experience and collected hundreds of similar stories fro...

27 Mar 202330min

Introducing: Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Introducing: Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Neuroscientist and author David Eagleman discusses how our brain interprets the world and what that means for us. Through storytelling, research, interviews, and experiments, David Eagleman tackles wi...

20 Mar 20231min

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