Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Ep5 "How is your brain like a team of rivals?"

Apr 24, 2023

02:32:11

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Complexity of Human Behavior

3min

The Truth About Mel Gibson

3min

Gibson's True Colors

2min

The Power of Mindless Subagents

3min

The Society of Mind

3min

The Failure of the Society of Mind

4min

The Team of Rivalry

3min

The Importance of Unity in the Music Community

2min

10.

The Dual Process Account of the Brain

2min

11.

The Competing Subsystems of the Brain

4min

12.

The Trolley Problem and the Emotional Difference Between the Two

5min

13.

The Battle Between Emotional and Rational Networks in the Brain

2min

14.

The Impersonal Nature of Warfare

6min

15.

The Brain Is a Machine Built Out of Conflicting Parts

3min

Would you kill one person to save the lives of five others? Why do you find yourself on the horns of a dilemma when someone offers you a chocolate cake? How can you believe different things at once? Find out what's running under the hood in this first episode of a three-parter about our decision making -- and how a little knowledge of neuroscience can allow us to make better decisions.

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