What's up with nightmares? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with dream engineer Adam Haar Horowitz for a deep dive into what happens in our brains during the night.
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Could we recall our dreams better? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with dream engineer Adam Haar Horowitz for a deep dive into what happens in our brains during the night.
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What happens when a young person is released from the child welfare system? Join me with David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social), a neuroscientist who has just written about his emergence from a difficult childhood to a successful life.
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What to Do About a Generation of 'Lost Einsteins' (Opinion) Creativity is too often the domain of the elite. Schools can help, write composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist David Eagleman.

Cognitive flexibility is paramount in navigating our fast-changing world, and companies are clamoring for innovators. Nurturing human ingenuity in every neighborhood will make our society not only fairer, but also more visionary and resilient.

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Why do kids need a future to aim for? Join me this week with neuroscientist David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social) as we discuss the interaction of childhood trauma and resilience.
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The human brain runs on conflict - Wired magazine

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What explains resilience? It's complicated, but the first hints of answers are found in gene-environment interactions. Join Inner Cosmos this week with David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social), author of a new autobiography on his surprising trajectory.
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Can video games provide structure & education through challenge? Join me with David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social), neuroscientist and author of a new autobiography, as we discuss the interaction of childhood trauma and resilience.
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The mystery of expertise There is a chasm between what the brain knows, says David Eagleman, and what our minds can fathom

The mystery of expertise: The chasm between what the brain knows and what our minds can fathom. #Incognito

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Technology takes a lot of heat, but are there some pros with the cons? Join Inner Cosmos this week with guest David Sussillo (@sussillodavid.bsky.social), author of a new biography about emerging from an awful childhood into a successful career.
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Why do other people matter so much for our trajectories? Join Inner Cosmos with guest David Sussillo, who was abandoned by his parents at 8 but grew up to become a neuroscientist & technologist. We explore the interface between childhood trauma and resilience.
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Three ways to help any kid be more creative The world’s problems demand bold, new solutions, so today’s children need to develop open, agile minds. Composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist David Eagleman tell you how to nurture them.

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots, the other, wings." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe See my article with Anthony Brandt on 3 ways to help any kid be more creative: ideas.ted.com/three-ways-t...

Is absolute confidence a trap? Would it help to think of public health issues in probabilities -- as we're used to doing in sports? Join Inner Cosmos this week with astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter.
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How can we keep our view of the world from being narrow? Join this week with Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter as we discuss the scale between infinitely big and small: human society.
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The Science of Waiting ... and Waiting ... for Your Page to Load Web designers are getting better and better at manipulating how you perceive wait time online.

Where the study of time perception finds practical value: "The Science of Waiting and Waiting for Your Page to Load" #oldiebutgoodie

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Are you more open to having your opinion altered by a bot than a person? What's the advantage of keeping bots less human? Join Inner Cosmos this week with Saul Perlmutter, astrophysicist and Nobel laureate.
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What is the biggest problem today according to Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter? And how could we tackle it? Join this week's Inner Cosmos as we talk about polarization and its possible solutions.
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How can the culture of science teach us about overcoming confirmation bias? Hear from Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter about how we might decrease polarization. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Could political dialogue learn from science? Join Inner Cosmos w/Nobel laureate astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter for a deep dive into polarization & how we might address it with a different kind of thinking.
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How can we improve political dialogue? Join this week with Nobel-prize winning astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter; instead of the cosmos we discuss the inner cosmos: why polarization happens & how we might address it with a different kind of thinking
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How do the 3 threads of artificial neural networks, rules & symbols, and probability theory weave together in modern AI? Join Inner Cosmos with guest cognitive neuroscientist Tom Griffiths, author of "The Laws of Thought"
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The Brain-Changing Magic of New Experiences The psychological reasons why novelty—from visiting new places to socializing—makes us happier and healthier people.

As people get older and have less energy, there's often a drive to make things more predictable. But the most important thing you can do for your brain: put it in novel situations and give it novel challenges. #Livewired

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What is "jagged intelligence" & what does it tell us about the evolutionary differences between us and AI? Join me with cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths as we dive deep into how brains and computers think.
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Can our intelligence be understood in terms of limited lifetimes, small compute resources (3 lb brain), & low bandwidth language. And what does this mean for AI? Join this week with guest Tom Griffiths for a deep dive into intelligence.
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Our Brain Treats Corporations Like Individual People New research led by popular neuroscientist David Eagleman demonstrates that our brain reacts to corporate behavior as though individual people were taking action.

Our Brain Treats Corporations Like Individual People -- via @bigthink

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Instead of trying to capture our beliefs with rules or artificial neural networks, can we talk about them in terms of probability theory? Join this week with Princeton professor Tom Griffiths to talk about his new book "The Laws of Thought"
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For decades, attempts at AI tried to write down all the rules (when someone types this, respond that). What changed when artificial neural networks were introduced? Join me with Tom Griffiths, author of "The Laws of Thought"
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Neuroscience confirms your subconscious shapes your reality Groundbreaking neuroscience confirms what Sigmund Freud first theorized.

Neuroscience Confirms Your Subconscious Shapes Your Reality -- via @bigthink

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How did computer science influence cognitive science and vice versa? How did this interaction play a critical role on the path to modern AI? Join Inner Cosmos this week with cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths.
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Does AI learn differently than a child learns? Join Inner Cosmos this week with Princeton professor Tom Griffiths, author of the new book "The Laws of Thought"
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