#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain

David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Support this
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able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. OUTLINE: 00:00 -
Introduction 05:05 - Livewired 16:39 - Hardware vs software 25:53 -
Brain-computer interfaces 35:12 - 2020 is a challenge for
neuroplasticity 46:08 - Free will 50:43 - Nature of evil 58:55 -
Psychiatry 1:06:28 - GPT-3 1:13:31 - Intelligence in the brain
1:21:51 - Neosensory 1:31:27 - Book recommendations 1:34:07 -
Meaning of life 1:36:53 - Advice for young people