EconTalk

Patrick House on Consciousness

Dec 5, 2022

01:28:09

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The Brain Never Says I Don't Know

02:09

The Danger of Confabulation

05:03

Different brains, different experiences

03:51

The Impact of Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Francis Crick on Neuroscience

03:41

Introduction

3min

Neuroscience

4min

What's the Scariest Study in All of Neuroscience?

6min

Neurosurgery - The Brain Doesn't Have Any Pain Sensors

2min

How to Prevent a Seizures Seizure

5min

Language Is a Game of Telephone

4min

The Limits of Language

2min

The Root of All Problems of Human Interaction

5min

Is There a Difference Between Colorblindness and Vision Loss?

3min

10.

I Hate It, She's Saying, I Would Really Love to FaceTime Me

2min

11.

Is Your Desire for FaceTime Because You Can't See Me?

4min

12.

The Architecture of My Brain Is Different From the Architecture of Yours

4min

13.

The Scale of a Fantasia

3min

14.

Is There a Difference in the Quality of Learning?

2min

15.

I Can Remember Dreams, I Can't Tell if They're in Color

3min

16.

Do You Talk? I Have No Idea.

2min

17.

Is That What You Mean Objectively and Subjectively?

2min

18.

Top Gun Maverick's a Good Airplane Movie?

4min

19.

Is Consciousness a Problem?

2min

20.

A Nobel Prize Winner Into Worms

4min

21.

What I Should Have Asked Agnes Callard on Light Man

2min

22.

The Brain Is Uncomfortable

2min

23.

I Don't Know Is Not a Useful Answer for Learning

4min

24.

Is Death the End of the Story?

2min

25.

Would You Live Forever?

2min

26.

How to Get the Most Out of a Soldier's Axe to Grind

5min

27.

I Love When People Will Admit They Don't Know What's Up

6min

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.

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EconTalk

Patrick House on Consciousness

Episode guests

The Brain Never Says I Don't Know

The Danger of Confabulation

Different brains, different experiences

The Impact of Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Francis Crick on Neuroscience

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