Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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Ep 87 "How do we operate in the present when we perceive the past?"

Because visual signals take time to process, we live slightly in the past. So how do we ever catch a baseball? And what does this have to do with certain visual illusions, or the view in New York City, or the things you were never taught in school, or the warp drive in Star Trek? Join Eagleman this week for a mind blowing look at the strange relationship between vision and time.

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  Ep134 "What do brains teach us about morality?" with Joshua Greene

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  Ep133 "Why do people hold misbeliefs?" with Dan Ariely

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  Ep132 "What will AI mean for the economy?" with Andrew Mayne

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  Ep131 "What do brains tell us about politics?" Part 2: Rehumanization

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  Ep130 "What do brains tell us about politics?" Part 1: Polarization

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  Ep129 "Is utopia possible or do human brains preclude it?" with Paul Bloom

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  Ep128 "Would space aliens see the world as we do?" with Daniel Whiteson

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  EP127 "What happens when we marry brains to machines?" with Sergey Stavisky

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  Ep126 "Does science fiction shape reality?" with Bethanie Maples

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  Ep125 "Why do brains need friends?" (with Ben Rein)

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  Ep124 "Why don't we notice gaps in time?"

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  Ep123 "Will AI cure loneliness?" with Paul Bloom

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  Ep122 "Why do we so rarely say what we mean?" (with Steven Pinker)

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  Ep121 "What’s the secret to intelligence (in brains and AI)?" with Ramesh …

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  Ep120 "Will AI build us into better humans?"

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  Ep119 "Why do brains believe in the unbelievable?" with Bruce Hood