The Other Half of the Secret to Life Is Something We Can't Write Down in a Text Book

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We are reflections of the world around us. Each of us is a vessel of our space and time. And by the time you die, you are exactly who you are. But all along the way, their dooris closing you who you might have been. You knowe that there's always been this question of nature versus nurture. And the nature nurture debate is totally dead,. because it's always both interacting in a very detailed way.

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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