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Who Is in Control?

Season 1 Episode 3 | 55m 11s

Dr. David Eagleman explores the great deception that greets us each morning when we awake: it feels as though we are in conscious control of our lives but the truth is that we are not. Instead almost every action, every decision, every belief that we hold is driven by parts of the brain that we have no access to.

Aired: 10/27/15 | Expires: 06/01/20
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A humanoid robot that can learn from the world.
One team’s effort to give people a second chance at life.
In theory, there is no limit to the number of new senses we may create in the future.
Cooperation can give rise to something much greater - and teach us about consciousness.
The team building a three dimensional map of the brain’s connections.
Swapping out cells for circuits, it may be possible for the mind to exist digitally.
Dr. David Eagleman demonstrates the Chinese Room thought experiment.
Journey into the future and ask what’s next for the human brain, and for our species.
Imagine life inside a computer, in a simulated world. Could we be there already?
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