Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

190 - Ep174 "Can Evolution Teach AI?" with Athena Aktipis

Neuroscientist and author David Eagleman discusses how our brain interprets the world and what that means for us. Through storytelling, research, interviews, and experiments, David Eagleman tackles wild questions that illuminate new facets of our lives and our realities.

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