i think that if we don't kill ourselves first as a human species, in over the course of time, you know, theories will emerge. But because each brain is slightly different, you would have to take each individual, map out their entire brain understand their full history. The one thing whe are gtting closer with are neural implants. For we can make a rat move left or right depending on how we direct it,. Or make it eat or not eat. And so we can start to control human behaviour. I'm scared of that. Tejust it's little scary. Heather, i want to hear from you about the the clinical studies and laboratory studies of what the brain is doing
What is the science behind meditation? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Marcia Belsky discuss mental health, meditation, and the theory of consciousness with former news anchor, Dan Harris and neuroscientist Heather Berlin, PhD.
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