The Brain Is a Unique Entity That Is Always Ready to Create a Subjective Reality

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David Weinberger: I've been watching you slowly go into mad scientist territory, and now you're fully there. In other words, i propose this model that the brain's like a mister potato head where you plug in eyes, nose, ears or magneto receptors to create new senses. This is the parth like look i've been following you for at forever and i've been Watching you Slowly Go To Extremes by David Weinberger will be released on October 1st from Simon & Schuster.

In this episode we sit down with neuroscientist David Eagleman to learn how brains turn noise into signal, chaos into order, electrical spikes into meaning, and how new technology can expand subjective reality in ways never before possible.

In his new book, Livewired, Eagleman explores how brains come into the world "half baked" so they can create reality itself out of the inputs and experiences available. And now, thanks to that plug-and-play plasticity, with the latest tools, not only can we return senses to people who've lost them, but we can add to any brain senses we can't imagine.

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