David Andrzejevich: We're talking about reanimating dead cells that's actually been done and accomplished in a lab in New Haven and at Yale. He says we have to understand it better in humans who can report their conscious experience before we start thinking about how it gets reproduced elsewhere. Chuck Klosterman: George Mushur, what do you have there? Have anything? I don't know. It's best answer ever. That's about as honest as you can get.
Can we bring people back from the dead? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice discuss restoring dead cells, the nature of consciousness, Frankenstein's monster, zombies, and more with neuroscientist, David Andrijevic and consciousness expert, George Mashour.
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