Is There a Difference in the Quality of Learning?

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"I firmly believe as a science scientist, I will undo this opinion if I see the data to the contrary. But I believe that people that they fantasia are more likely to be programmers," he says. "It's an interesting addition to the difficulty of embracing and cultivating kinds of ways of thinking."

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.