In this episode, my guest is Professor Shimon Edelman the author of Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths: A Realist’s View of the Human Condition. Shimon is a professor at Cornell University and is interested in all aspects of mind, brain, behavior, and the human condition. At Cornell, Prof. Edelman works on behavioral, neural, evolutionary, and computational aspects of language, vision, consciousness, and happiness.

In the conversation, Shimon and I discuss:

Ambition
Anxiety
Uncertainty
Happiness
Perception and much more

Connect with Shimon Edelman:

Homepage: cornell.edu/shimon-edelman

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Shimon Edelman | Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths