Andi: I had just read something about the number of nurons babies have when they're born. It just immediately makes me think of gerte's quote that all that is factual is already theory. And i also want to get back to this idea that, absent a governing theory, how are you going to categorize, or maybe it's even wrong to think that we should categoris the work that's being done? He says he was fascinated by his wife's amnesia effect after she woke up from surgery and then later has no memory of it. "Its antly pretty incredible how humans can operate without memory"
Erik Hoel is a neuroscientist and an author. Erik often writes about the intersection of humanities and science, and his debut novel "The Revelations" is a tale of science, murder, and consciousness. Our discussion with Erik includes topics like:
- Are humans really "conscious"?
- Different theories of consciousness
- Neural pruning in babies
- How emotions drives scientific progress
- Accepting the flaws in each of us
- And MUCH more!
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