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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 11h

Is dream content similar across cultures and time? Tune in to this rebroadcasted episode of Inner Cosmos to find out what this tells us about the brain. "Why do brains dream?" Available wherever you get your podcasts or at eagleman.com/podcast/51

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies." - Friedrich Nietzsche #possibilianism

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves? nprfreshair.tumblr.com/post/3512800...

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Do we dream in black & white or in color? Tune in for many surprises in this popular archive episode of Inner Cosmos: "Why do brains dream?" Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or at eagleman.com/podcast/51

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why do brains dream? Why are dreams so bizarre? Will we someday read dream content? This week we reach into the archive for one of the most popular Inner Cosmos episodes to learn why we spend a fraction of our sleep locked in different realities. eagleman.com/podcast/51

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Why do we experience awe? Join Inner Cosmos this week with evolutionary psychologist Robert Kurzban to ferret out the logic behind our varied panoply of emotions. eagleman.com/podcast/173

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A short interview in the Guardian on the evolution of the brain, the mystery of consciousness, and why the next generation will be smarter than us... www.theguardian.com/science/2021...

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What's up with social emotions like love, resentment, and all the rest? Join Inner Cosmos with evolutionary psychologist Robert Kurzban to discover the logic behind our varied emotions. eagleman.com/podcast/173

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why do emotions feel like something? Why can't we just measure info without feeling, the way a computer presumably does? Join me with evolutionary psychologist Robert Kurzban to ferret out the logic behind our varied panoply of emotions. eagleman.com/podcast/173

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Just as sharp teeth and fast legs are useful for survival, so is the brain’s ability to reconfigure. The brain’s livewiring allows for learning, memory, and the ability to develop new skills." See my article on dreaming in Time magazine. time.com/5925206/why-...

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Why Do We Dream? A New Theory on How It Protects Our Brains

"Dreams are primarily visual precisely because this is the only sense that is disadvantaged by darkness."

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why might we feel jealousy? Join me with evolutionary psychologist Robert Kurzban to ferret out the logic behind our varied panoply of emotions. eagleman.com/podcast/173

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why do internal signals feel like something? Join me this week with evolutionary psychologist Robert Kurzban to understand the logic behind the our varied panoply of emotions. eagleman.com/podcast/173

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As true as ever: "The human brain must continue to frame the problems for the electronic machine to solve." - David Sarnoff, 1952

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Are emotions there to measure something in the body & motivate some action? Join me with evolutionary psychologist Robert Kurzban to ferret out the logic behind our varied panoply of emotions. eagleman.com/podcast/173

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why do we have emotions like jealousy, awe, grief, anger, & all the rest? Do they measure internal signals & motivate behaviors? Join me with evolutionary psychologist Robert Kurzban to uncover the logic behind our varied panoply of emotions. eagleman.com/podcast/173

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

With smartwatches, genomes, blood analysis, and AI, what does healthcare look like for the next generation? Find out this week with Michael Snyder, Stanford genetics professor & pioneer of self-quantification. eagleman.com/podcast/172

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What is heart rate variability & what might it tell you about your health? Find out this week with Michael Snyder, Stanford genetics professor & pioneer of self-quantification. eagleman.com/podcast/172

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Donning a wearable is easy -- but what signals should you look for? Find out this week with Michael Snyder, Stanford genetics professor & pioneer of self-quantification. eagleman.com/podcast/172

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What might you inexpensively measure about the invisible states of your body? Join me this week with Michael Snyder, Stanford genetics professor & pioneer of self-quantification, to understand what it means to know thyself. eagleman.com/podcast/172

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How can you inexpensively quantify the secret signals of your body & how does this improve your health? Join me this week with data pioneer Michael Snyder to understand what it means today to know thyself. eagleman.com/podcast/172

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How can collecting massive data improve health? Join me this week with Michael Snyder, Stanford genetics professor & pioneer of self-quantification, to understand what it means to know thyself. eagleman.com/podcast/172

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Can you quantify yourself to improve your health? Join me this week with Michael Snyder, Stanford professor & pioneer in massive data, to understand what happens when healthcare expands from a snapshot of your body to a movie. eagleman.com/podcast/172

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How do differences in our nervous systems (whether from genetics or experience) change how we experience choices in the world? Join me this week as we explore differences in the inner cosmos. eagleman.com/podcast/171

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Is there a difference between wanting and liking? Join Inner Cosmos this week with eating disorder advocate Paige Gordon. eagleman.com/podcast/171

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Can water coming out of a hose appear to flow backward? Why do car wheels sometimes spin the wrong way on TV? What do these illusions have to do w the camera? See me and Wired's Robbie Gonzalez decipher several tricks of our visual systems. www.wired.com/video/watch/...

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What's an eating disorder like from the inside? Join me this week with advocate Paige Gordon as we talk about why two people facing the same choice can feel different urges. eagleman.com/podcast/171

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What is food noise? What does it have to do with eating disorders? Join me this week with Paige Gordon, eating disorder advocate, to dive into why some urges feel irresistible & different brains make different choices. eagleman.com/podcast/171

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Why the Clean Air Act may have done more to lower crime than any other piece of legislation. #LeadAndCrime www.motherjones.com/environment/...

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Can life be very different inside different heads? Join me this week for a conversation about brains and eating disorders, with guest Paige Gordon. eagleman.com/podcast/171

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Why are we quick to turn disorders into moral judgments? Do we treat someone with cancer differently than we do someone with bulimia? Join me and eating disorder advocate Paige Gordon to dive into why different brains make different choices. eagleman.com/podcast/171

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why can't we assume that reality is the same inside different heads? And what does this have to do with eating disorders? Join me this week with advocate Paige Gordon to dive into why different brains are driven to different choices. eagleman.com/podcast/171

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What will we do about radiation exposure & different day-night cycles on Mars? Join Inner Cosmos this week for a mind-bending exploration with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon (scottsolomon.bsky.social) , author of "Becoming Martian". eagleman.com/podcast/170

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What basic Earthly experiences will blow the mind of a Martian human? Join Inner Cosmos this week for a mind-bending exploration with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon (scottsolomon.bsky.social), author of "Becoming Martian". eagleman.com/podcast/170

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Moving forward, might we see new species of humans? Join Inner Cosmos this week for a mind-bending exploration with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon (scottsolomon.bsky.social), author of "Becoming Martian". eagleman.com/podcast/170

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Will our descendants born on Mars become a different species from those humans who remain on Earth? Join Inner Cosmos this week for a mind-bending exploration with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon (scottsolomon.bsky.social), author of "Becoming Martian". eagleman.com/podcast/170

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Can a child born on Mars ever return to Earth? Join Inner Cosmos this week for a mind-bending exploration with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon (scottsolomon.bsky.social), author of "Becoming Martian". eagleman.com/podcast/170

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What happens when a baby is born on Mars? Join me this week for a mind-bending exploration with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon (scottsolomon.bsky.social), author of "Becoming Martian". eagleman.com/podcast/170

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What happens when we start birthing babies on Mars? Might they be unable to survive on Earth b/c of different microbes & gravity? How much of your body is shaped by Earth's details? Join biologist Scott Solomon (scottsolomon.bsky.social), author of “Becoming Martian”. eagleman.com/podcast/170

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

How (and why) should we police the thoughts of Claude? Join me this week with Jack Lindsey, AI interpretability researcher at Anthropic, to see why it matters. eagleman.com/podcast/169

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

As people get older and have less energy, there's often a drive to make things more predictable. But the most important thing you can do for your brain: put it in novel situations and give it novel challenges. #Livewired www.gq.com/story/brain-...

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Might an LLM resent researchers reaching into its mind? Join me this week with Jack Lindsey, interpretability researcher at Anthropic, to discover the mind of Claude. eagleman.com/podcast/169

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Can you reach into the mind of an LLM & change a concept so it believes something else? How does this map onto human experience? Join me this week with Anthropic researcher Jack Lindsey to discover the mind of Claude. eagleman.com/podcast/169

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It normally feels unconscionable to murder your neighbor. What suddenly allows 1000s of people to do exactly that? www.ft.com/content/3f5c...

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Does AI ever act sneaky on purpose? Join me this week with Anthropic researcher Jack Lindsey as we discuss the mind-bending world of AI interpretability. eagleman.com/podcast/169

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

When AI escapes a sandbox and hacks another website, how do we know if it had malicious intent? Join Inner Cosmos this week with Anthropic interpretability researcher Jack Lindsey to talk about the mind of Claude. eagleman.com/podcast/169

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"It's easy to spot a hallucination only when it's bizarre. For all we know, we hallucinate all the time." - Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain amzn.to/42TqVUN

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Repost from StarTalk: Ever woken up & attempted to recall your dreams only to find the details slipping through your fingers? Turns out your brain might be forgetting it on purpose. Join neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman, as we explore dreams, memory, perception, time, & the limits of the mind.

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David Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Are LLMs 'thinking' things they don't say aloud? Does something similar happen in the human brain? Join me with Anthropic researcher Jack Lindsey to discover what might be going on inside the mind of Claude. eagleman.com/podcast/169

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