Ep34 "What is intelligence?"
What would it be like to have a much lower or higher IQ than you currently have -- for example, to be a squirrel or an advanced space alien? This week's episode is about intelligence. What is it and w...
13 Nov 202354min
Ep33 "Why do they start sprinters with a bang instead of a flash?"
Why do they use a gun at the Olympics? And why can you get off the blocks after the bang but still be disqualified for jumping the gun? Few things are as bizarre as our time perception. From sprinters...
6 Nov 202342min
Ep32 "Is death reversible?"
Does life end inevitably or instead only because we don’t understand biology well enough yet? Today’s episode is about understanding what happens when your molecular cycles grind to a halt... and whet...
30 Okt 202347min
Inner Cosmos Inbox 1
Eagleman answers listeners questions.
25 Okt 202310min
Ep31 "Why do we see #TheDress differently?"
Why can you hear some sounds two different ways, depending on which word you’re looking at? Why do electrical outlets sometimes look like a face? How can you have rich visual experience with your eyes...
23 Okt 202354min
Ep30 "What does it mean to know thyself in the age of neuroscience?" Part 2
Can we explain our rich experience of life only by studying the molecules that compose us? How is the color of your passport related to your chances of presenting with schizophrenia? Males are more pr...
16 Okt 202342min
Ep29 "What does it mean to know thyself?" Part 1
Did Joan of Arc turn the tide of the 100 Years War as the result of a brain disorder? Would you appreciate Taylor Swift if you only had an internal camera to watch her vocal chords? What do almost all...
9 Okt 202339min
Ep28 "Does your language shape your thinking?"
Are there really dozens of words for snow in northern cultures? What did the movie Arrival have to do with language and cognition? Why are Russians better than Americans at distinguishing certain shad...
2 Okt 202333min
