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From the Vault: The Livewired Brain with David Eagleman

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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What Does the Brain Do?

The brain is locked in silence and darkness inside the vault of your skull. All it knows is, oh, i've got data coming in as zeros and one and a. And so its job is to figure out, all right, how do i control the body? How does that change the spikes coming in?"

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