CNN's Richard Quest asks why it matters if a robot is real or fake. He says his daughter would be perfectly content with a robot, just as an evolution of pets. When we come back, start talk your brain to find out more about the ethics of robots.
What does your brain do when watching movies? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice discover the field of neurocinematics and the difference between fiction and reality with neuroscientist Heather Berlin, PhD.
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