The architecture of my brain is different from the architecture of your brain. Other people are not just like you. This is a truism that would seem not necessary to observe. But if you kept it front and center in your mind, which I suspect someone like yourself is more prone to doing because you're so immersed in it, it can change your ways of the world. It's equally hard to understand what it's like to see the world through those lenses.
How does the mind work? What makes us sad? What makes us laugh? Despite advances in neuroscience, the answers to these questions remain elusive. Neuroscientist Patrick House talks about these mysteries and about his book Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. House's insights illuminate not just what we know and don't know about our minds--he also helps us understand what it means to be human.