Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-11-09
Books mentioned on 144. Feeling Sound and Hearing Color
David Eagleman is a Stanford neuroscientist, C.E.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sum
Sum by David Eagleman is a work of imaginative speculative fiction that explores forty alternative afterlives, challenging readers to rethink the meaning of existence and human consciousness.
Discussed“in support of possibilianism maybe a better name could be in order you wrote a book called some 40 Tales from the afterlives”
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Livewired
Livewired by David Eagleman explores the dynamic nature of brain plasticity and neural networks, positing that the brain should be understood as liveware rather than fixed hardware or software.
Recommended“If you want to learn more about David eagan's ideas I really enjoyed a couple of his mini books like live wired which talks about his brain research and some 40 Tales from the afterlives his book of speculative fiction”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Incognito
“does Neuroscience have an explanation for this sort of thing in my book Incognito”