BS 183 Jeff Hawkins shares his new theory of Intelligence
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
Ginger Campbell, MD
4.8 • 896 Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Jeff Hawkins has spent nearly twenty years on a quest to discover how the brain's cortex generates intelligence. In this episode he talks about his new book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence, which describes some of his most recent research in a way that is accessible to readers of all backgrounds.
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| 0:00.0 | I think we all ought to learn about brain science. We all ought to learn about the theory about what's going on our head as we look out at the part of the world and we learn the world and we learn this model of the world and how our world model can be false. |
| 0:13.2 | To me, this is like basic knowledge |
| 0:14.7 | that we should all have just like basic knowledge |
| 0:16.3 | about DNA or about the solar system and the universe. |
| 0:19.7 | And I think when we finally have a very cohesive theory, which we're very close through here, I think we've finally have a very cohesive theory which we're very close through here I think we've made a lot of progress |
| 0:26.4 | That should be talked to every kid in high school and if we all understood how we can make false beliefs and we and how we could be biased in what we |
| 0:33.8 | understand about the world. I think it would make our future a bit rosier. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome to Brain Science, the podcast where we explore how discoveries in |
| 0:44.5 | neuroscience are helping unravel the mystery of how our brain makes us human. |
| 0:49.7 | I'm your host Dr. Ginger Campbell and this is episode 183. If you're curious about how your |
| 0:57.4 | brain really works, this is the podcast for you. This month's episode is an interview with Jeff Hawkins about his new book, |
| 1:05.8 | A Thousand Brains, A New Theory of Intelligence. For those of you who are new to |
| 1:11.0 | brain science, I want to mention that Hawkins first book on Intelligence |
| 1:16.0 | was featured way back in episode two, and this is actually the third time that we have talked. |
| 1:23.4 | Unlike many of my guests who are driven by the question of how the brain generates consciousness, |
| 1:30.0 | Hawkins wants to create a theory about how the cortex generates intelligence. |
| 1:36.7 | As he noted in the excerpt you just heard, this is actually a very critical question that |
| 1:42.0 | could influence humanity's future. |
| 1:46.0 | Before we jump into the interview, I want to remind you that you can find complete show notes |
| 1:50.6 | and episode transcripts at brainscience podcast.com. |
| 1:55.0 | Brain science is produced independently and relies on the financial support of |
| 1:59.8 | listeners like you. To learn more please visit brain science podcast.com |
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