Podcasts · Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Ep103 "Could you ever know what it’s like to be someone else?" (Part 2)

· 39 min · Episode 103

Episode Ep103 "Could you ever know what it’s like to be someone else?" (Part 2)

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What would it take to get inside someone else's head, and could new brain technologies ever help us get there? Will there be dream celebrities, in which uploads go viral? What does consciousness feel like from the inside, and why do movies always get this wrong? Why don't you see your own blinks? What would it be like if exactly 1/2 of your brain was numbed to sleep? And what would it be like to become a horse?

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