In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Lisa Feldman Barrett about the origins and function of the human brain. They discuss how brains evolved, the myth of the “triune brain,” the brain’s network organization, the predictive nature of perception and action, the construction of emotion, concepts as prescriptions for action, culture as an operating system, and other topics.
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#368 — Freedom & Censorship
#367 — Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Western Values
#366 — Urban Warfare 2.0
#365 — Reality Check
#364 — Facts & Values
#363 — Knowledge Work
#362 — Six Months of War
#361 — Sam Bankman-Fried & Effective Altruism
#360 — We Really Don’t Have Free Will?
#359 — Getting Used to It
#358 — The War in Ukraine
#357 — America & World Order
#356 — Islam & Freedom
#355 — A Falling World
#354 — Is Moral Progress a Fantasy?
#353 — Race & Reason
#352 — Hubris & Chaos
#351 — 5 Myths about Israel and the War in Gaza
#350 — Sharing Reality
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