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

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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Mental Time Travel: Memories and Future Simulations

This chapter discusses the concept of mental time travel, exploring how the brain uses the same network of areas for both memory and future imagination. It also explores the role of mental time travel in shaping our identity and introduces a hypothesis based on a small event in Liverpool, England.

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