I should have asked Agnes Callard a few weeks ago when I interviewed her and it is that episode hasn't aired yet but it will by the time this episode airs. Both light men and Callard are interested in life's meaning and so Agnes was making the case for why why we how we find meaning in being part of the enterprise of discovery. Even though she may end up not have any ancestors 10,000 years from now she is part of a great chain of human effort to understand our ourselves.
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.