#247 — Constructing Minds

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

Samharris, Currentevents, Politics, Ethics, Religion, Neuroscience, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 29.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast.
0:09.1	This is Sam Harris.
0:11.3	Just a note to say that if you're hearing this, you are not currently on our subscriber
0:14.8	feed and will only be hearing the first part of this conversation.
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0:28.3	other subscriber-only content.
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0:34.7	of our subscribers.
0:35.7	So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider becoming one.
0:39.8	As always, I never want money to be the reason why someone can't get access to the podcast.
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0:51.5	And no questions asked.
1:01.1	Okay, some housekeeping today.
1:04.2	I have a new podcast to announce a single episode, which we will be dropping a belief Friday
1:12.9	of this week.
1:13.9	If all goes according to plan.
1:16.6	So look for it in your feed on the 23rd of April.
1:23.3	The title of this episode is engineering the apocalypse.
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