#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works

Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author.
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. 00:00 - Introduction 06:35 -
Are we alone in the universe? 08:03 - Life on Earth 12:55 -
Collective intelligence of human brains 21:43 - Triune brain 27:52
- The predicting brain 35:48 - How the brain evolved 41:47 - Free
will 50:40 - Is anything real? 1:03:13 - Dreams 1:09:00 - Emotions
are human-constructed concepts 1:34:29 - Are women more emotional
than men? 1:43:05 - Empathy 2:14:46 - Love 2:18:40 - Mortality
2:20:16 - Meaning of life