How does utopian zeal + human psychology = the opposite of paradise? Join this week's episode with Paul Bloom to discover why utopias are likely to be impossible. eagleman.com/podcast/129 #brain #utopia

Can we build a utopia or do our brains preclude it? Does our innate tribalism and jealousy make perfect societies difficult to achieve? Join me this week as I talk with psychologist Paul Bloom about the (im)possibility of societal perfection. eagleman.com/podcast/129 #brain #utopia

Our whole planet does science only one way. How might a different planet, with different lucky accidents, have developed? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore the possibilities of alien science.

Will the power of AI kill scientific careers or enhance them? Explore this and more with me & physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) on this week's Inner Cosmos. eagleman.com/podcast/128

Might aliens live on a different timescale than we do? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore some mind-stretching possibilities about alien science. eagleman.com/podcast/128

Is human physics the optimal way to tell the story? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson this week to explore the possibility that physics might not be universal. eagleman.com/podcast/128

How do our senses steer our science? Might aliens with a different umwelt derive a different science? Dive deep this week with me & particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social). eagleman.com/podcast/128

Are planets as important as we think? Might aliens from a star's atmosphere care about different things in science? Join me & particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) for some mind-stretching surprises. eagleman.com/podcast/128

If alien sensation or cognition were quite different from ours, would they derive the same science? Join this week's episode with guest physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social), author of the new book "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" eagleman.com/podcast/128

How rapidly will brain-computer interfaces become a regular tool of medicine? Join guest Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.

Brain-computer interfaces can currently decode intended language. In future decades, will they decode something closer to thought? What are the medical opportunities and the ethical conundrums? Join guest Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.

Will everyone get a brain-computer interface? What's the killer app? Join me with guest neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.

How do you make a brain-computer interface that reads intended language output? Join me with guest neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.

How can a brain-computer interface (BCI) eavesdrop on neural signals to restore movement? BCIs really started taking off 20 years ago; tune in this week with guest neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky to see how far they've come. eagleman.com/podcast/127

Can we marry brains with machines? What is a brain-computer interface & how can it restore movement or speech? Where are the ethical boundaries & who owns your neural data? Join Inner Cosmos with guest Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.

What does the book 'Dune' tell us about evolving ourselves into better humans? Discover more with guest Bethanie Maples on this week's episode of Inner Cosmos: "Does science fiction shape reality?" eagleman.com/podcast/126

Will we soon build fleshy robots that can act as 'you' in the outside world? Would you be liable if your robot killed someone? Discover more with guest Bethanie Maples on this week's episode of Inner Cosmos: "Does science fiction shape reality?" eagleman.com/podcast/126

How does sci-fi often predict where society is heading, and what does this have to do with deepfakes? Discover more with guest Bethanie Maples on this week's episode of Inner Cosmos: "Does science fiction shape reality?" eagleman.com/podcast/126

Will you someday have a private AI agent that is there only to protect you? Discover more with guest Bethanie Maples on this week's episode of Inner Cosmos: "Does science fiction shape reality?" eagleman.com/podcast/126

What is a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, as envisioned by Neal Stephenson? Are we heading toward that world? Discover more with guest Bethanie Maples on this week's episode of Inner Cosmos: "Does science fiction shape reality?" eagleman.com/podcast/126

Will we someday have advocational AI that looks out for us & makes us better? Why don't we have it now? Join my conversation with researcher Bethanie Maples on this week's episode of Inner Cosmos: "Does science fiction shape reality?" eagleman.com/podcast/126

How is sci-fi like a cultural R&D lab? Would you be liable if your AI agent murdered? What is a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer? Join me w/Bethanie Maples to see how fiction can prepare us to wrestle with deep Qs of AI, identity, & the future of humanity. eagleman.com/podcast/126

Can we learn more empathy with age? Discover more this week with guest neuroscientist Ben Rein(@dr-brein.bsky.social), author of the new book 'Why Brains Need Friends'. eagleman.com/podcast/125 #brain

Why don't we talk with strangers more? And why might examining our social life allow us to configure it better? Learn more this week with guest neuroscientist Ben Rein (@dr-brein.bsky.social), author of the new book 'Why Brains Need Friends'. eagleman.com/podcast/125 #brain

Have we become less social in the past decade? What effect did the lockdown have? Dive into the social brain this week with guest neuroscientist Ben Rein (@dr-brein.bsky.social), author of the new book 'Why Brains Need Friends'. eagleman.com/podcast/125 #brain

Why do we care so much about real human touch and in-person interaction? Can the itch be scratched by chatbots or robots? Dive deep this week with guest neuroscientist Ben Rein (@dr-brein.bsky.social), author of the new book 'Why Brains Need Friends'. eagleman.com/podcast/125 #brain

Brains need social interaction to be healthy...but is the same amount of social interaction called for in everyone? Learn more this week with guest neuroscientist Ben Rein (@dr-brein.bsky.social), author of the new book 'Why Brains Need Friends'. eagleman.com/podcast/125 #brain

Why do brains need social interaction? And what does this have to do with the concept of 'cognitive reserve'? Join Inner Cosmos this week with guest neuroscientist Ben Rein (@dr-brein.bsky.social), author of the new book 'Why Brains Need Friends'. eagleman.com/podcast/125 #brain

What happens to time with amnesia? Find out on this week's Inner Cosmos, wherever you get your podcasts. eagleman.com/podcast/124 #brain #time

Why is there no time perception when you're in a coma? And how does that relate to eye movements, sleep, anesthesia, and memory? Check out this week's episode of Inner Cosmos wherever you get your podcasts. eagleman.com/podcast/124 #brain #time

Why don't you notice time passing while you sleep? And what does this have to do with time seeming to have moved in slow motion during a scary event? See how memory & time are bound in this week's ep of Inner Cosmos. eagleman.com/podcast/124 #brain #time

Your eyes are jumping around about 3 times every second -- so why is it unwatchable if you use your cellphone camera the same way? To discover a trippy fact about gaps in time, listen to the full ep wherever you get your podcasts.

Why can adults understand larger timescales than children? Join Inner Cosmos this week for some mind-bending ideas about our perception of time. eagleman.com/podcast/124 #brain #time

What happens to your brain under anesthesia? And what happens to the elapsed time? Is time passage simply paused and restarted? Tune in to this week's Inner Cosmos: "Why don't we notice gaps in time?" wherever you get your podcasts. eagleman.com/podcast/124 #brain #time

Why can you see other people's eyes moving... but not your own eyes move in the mirror? What does this have to do with gaps in your perception in time? Tune into Inner Cosmos this week to get your mind bent, wherever you get your podcasts. eagleman.com/podcast/124 #brain #time

New episode drops now: "Why don't we notice gaps in time?" Is your life like a flame that continually snuffs and re-lights? How does this relate to sleep, anesthesia, comas, amnesia, and theoretical mega-ancient empires? eagleman.com/podcast/124

Why should students learn to write? Join me & Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social ) as we dive into our near future with AI. eagleman.com/podcast/123

Might AI companions be problematic for young people but life-saving for the elderly? Join me & Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social ) as we dive into AI & relationships on this week's Inner Cosmos. eagleman.com/podcast/123

Will AI kill writing? Or is there another possibility? Join me & guest Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social ) as we dive deep into the future of AI & society on this week's Inner Cosmos. eagleman.com/podcast/123

What if a young person wants an AI companion instead of a real one? Join me & psychologist Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social) as we dive deep into AI & relationships on this week's Inner Cosmos. eagleman.com/podcast/123

Join me for this week's Inner Cosmos with Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social ) as we explore the future of AI companions. Will they make us less lonely but more alone? Or is there hope they can train us to be more effective socializers? Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

What is the future of #AI companions, friends, and romantic partners? Does sentience matter for scratching the itch of loneliness? Join me & psychologist Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social) as we dive deep in this week's Inner Cosmos. eagleman.com/podcast/123

New ep of Inner Cosmos out now: Will AI cure loneliness? AI companions can rectify isolation, but might loneliness serve a biological function? Does everyone have the same need for companionship? Join this week with guest Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social). eagleman.com/podcast/123

Why do police states squelch protests, and what does this have to do with common knowledge? Find out this and much more in this week's episode with Steven Pinker, wherever you get your podcasts.

This week I speak with Steven Pinker about his new book on common knowledge: when we all know that we all know something. We also discuss how we come to believe (often erroneously) that other people believe what we believe. eagleman.com/podcast/122

Why don't we say what we mean? Find out what this has to do with common knowledge, euphemism, and innuendo in this week's Inner Cosmos with guest Steven Pinker, wherever you get your podcasts.

Why do humans blush, laugh, cry, and what does this all have to do with common knowledge? Find out this and much more in this week's interview with Steven Pinker. eagleman.com/podcast/122

What does our desire to belong to a group have to do with bullies, cancel culture, or Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"? Find out this and much more in my interview this week with Steven Pinker, wherever you get your podcasts.

Why do people on a date speak in innuendo? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with guest Steven Pinker as we dive deep into why humans laugh and blush, why dictators squelch protests, and why we so rarely say what we mean. eagleman.com/podcast/122

If your personalized AI agent does something illegal, is it responsible or are you? Tune in to this week's Inner Cosmos to dive deep into our AI decentralized future with Ramesh Raskar. eagleman.com/podcast/121 #AI #agent