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 wild questions that illuminate new facets of our lives and our realities.

  • Ep 81 "How close are we to longevity?"

  • Ep51 rebroadcast "Why do brains dream?"

  • Ep48 rebroadcast "Why do brains become depressed?"

  • Ep31 rebroadcast "Why do we see #TheDress differently?"

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

  • Ep80 "What's it like to never forget?"

  • Ep79 "Does everyone have different mind's eyes, mind's ears, and mind's tongues?"

  • Ep78 "Does your brain have one model of the world or thousands?"

  • Ep77 "What is Life?"

  • Ep76 "How do you decide?" (Part 2)

  • Ep75 "How do you decide?" (Part 1)

  • Ep74 "Why do we laugh?"

  • Ep73 "How do we fool ourselves in the stock market?"

  • Ep72 "How do you put yourself in other people's shoes (and can AI do it)?"

  • Ep71 "Why do our memories drift? Part 2: Misremembering yourself"

  • Ep70 "Why do our memories drift? Part 1: The War of the Ghosts"

  • Ep69 "Why do you see something everywhere after you've seen it once?"

  • Ep68 "What if our brains worked a trillion times faster?"

  • Ep67 "How did human brains get runaway intelligence? "

  • Ep66 "Why do brains love conspiracy theories?"

  • Ep65 "Why do brains so easily fall for magic tricks?"

  • Ep64 "Why do familiar things lose their shine (& what can we do about it)? "

  • Ep63 "Why do brains love faces?"

  • Ep62 "Is it possible to rehumanize the enemy?"

  • Ep61 "When should you (not) trust your intuition?"

  • Ep60 "Can we think better by wrestling with conflicting ideas?"

  • Ep59 "Do you visualize like I do?"

  • Ep58 "What do brains teach us about whether AI is creative?"

  • Ep57 "When should new technologies enter the courtroom?"

  • Rebroadcast of Ep7 "Is AI truly intelligent? How would we know if it got there?"

  • Ep56 "Why do we care so much about touch?"

  • Ep55 "Could a brain plugin instantly teach you to fly a helicopter?"

  • Ep54 "Where do you end and others begin?"

  • Ep 53 " Can societies fight better? "

  • Ep 52 "What is lucid dreaming?" (Sleeping & Dreaming Part 3)

  • Ep 51 "Why do brains dream?"

  • Ep50 "Why do we spend 1/3 of our lives asleep?" (Sleeping & Dreaming Part 1)

  • Ep49 "Can you read the brain to detect a lie?

  • Ep48 "Why do brains become depressed?"

  • Ep47 "Wheels rotate backwards on TV, but do they ever in real life?"

  • Ep46 "Who says you're dead?"

  • Ep45 "Why did a man shoot himself after hearing the lottery numbers?" (Time Traveling: Part 3)

  • Ep44 "Why can't you tickle yourself?" (Time Traveling Part 2)

  • Ep43 "How do we remember?" (Time Traveling Part 1)

  • Ep42 "Is there any such thing as true news?" (Truth Part 3: Artificial Intelligence)

  • Ep41 "Is there any such thing as true news?" (Truth Part 2: the Internet)

  • Ep40 "Is there any such thing as true news?" (Truth Part1)

  • Ep39 "What is the future of AI relationships?"

  • Ep38 "Why is it hard to teach an old brain new tricks?"

  • Ep37 "What is Insanity?" Part 2

  • Inner Cosmos Inbox 2

  • Ep36 "What is Insanity?" Part 1

  • Ep35 "What sticks in your brain and what doesn’t? "

  • Ep34 "What is intelligence?"

  • Ep33 "Why do they start sprinters with a bang instead of a flash?"

  • Ep32 "Is death reversible?"

  • Inner Cosmos Inbox 1

  • Ep31 "Why do we see #TheDress differently?"

  • Ep30 "What does it mean to know thyself in the age of neuroscience?" Part 2

  • Ep29 "What does it mean to know thyself?" Part 1

  • Ep28 "Does your language shape your thinking?"

  • Ep27 "Can we read brains at an airport to know who's going to bomb a plane?"

  • Ep26 "Why do people dislike moist more than moose, but not as much as merts?"

  • Ep25 "Why are we so easy to fool?"

  • Ep24 "What does drug withdrawal have in common with heartbreak?"

  • Ep23 "How can we learn to speak alien?"

  • Ep22 "What do we find beautiful?"

  • Ep21 "How far would you follow authority?"

  • Ep20 "Why does your brain care more about some people than others?"

  • Ep19 "How far can you trust your memory?"

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

  • Ep17 "What is consciousness?"

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

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

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

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

  • Ep12 "Can we create new senses for humans?"

  • Ep11 "What does dreaming have to do with the rotation of the planet?"

  • Ep10 "Why is it so hard to spot a counterfeit bill?"

  • Ep9 "What does eating that cookie have to do with the hero of the Trojan war?"

  • Ep8 "How does your brain decide what to buy?"

  • Ep7 "Is AI truly intelligent? How would we know if it got there?"

  • Ep6 "What will AI mean for artists?"

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

  • Ep4 "Do people experience different realities?"

  • Ep3 "Could animals learn to speak human?"

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

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

  • Introducing: Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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