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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