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Ep11 "What does dreaming have to do with the rotation of the planet?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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How to Know if You're Living in a Simulation

In this episode, we're going to talk about the why. And from the brain's point of view, why do we dream? Why does our consciousness go on these bizarre flights every 90 minutes during the night? So as a neuroscientist, I've always been fascinated by dreaming by what the heck this is all about. But let me leave that as a teaser for the episode on whether we're living in a simulation and how we'd know.

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