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Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Ep118 "Why has the brain always been our hardest puzzle?" with Matthew Cobb

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness, Education, Science, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

How have humans through the ages tried to crack the mysteries of the brain, and why are our theories always yoked to the most recent technologies? What does the history of brain science have to do with bumps on the skull, electricity, Frankenstein, animatronics, telegraphs, telephone exchanges, computers, and LLMs? What's the next metaphor we'll use to try to capture the brain’s magic? Join this week with guest Matthew Cobb.

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0:00.0

The brain is massively complex, so how have people tried to crack its mysteries?

0:11.6

And what does this always have to do with the latest technologies that are available?

0:17.0

And what does the history of neuroscience have to do with feeling bumps on someone's skull?

0:23.4

Electricity, Frankenstein, animatronics, telegraphs, telephone exchanges, computers, LLMs,

0:31.2

and the next metaphor that we're going to use to try to capture the brain's magic.

0:40.5

Welcome to Inner Cosmos.

0:42.2

With me, David Eagleman, I'm a neuroscientist and an author at Stanford, and in these episodes,

0:47.3

we seek to understand why and how our lives look the way they do.

1:03.7

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