Ep102 "Could you ever know what it’s like to be someone else?" (Part 1)

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Ep161 "What Do Ancient Brains and Future AIs Have in Common?" with Read Montague

What do honeybee brains have in common with human brains -- and with the AI that beat the world's best Go player? What simple algorithm has been hiding inside brains for 100s of millions of years? When babies throw food from a high chair again and again, are they being mischievou ...  Show more

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 there? If that’s the case, why does the experience of the self feel so solid tha ...  Show more

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