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Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Ep80 "What's it like to never forget?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

iHeartPodcasts

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

4.6524 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What would it be like to have a vastly better memory than you do now?  What if you could remember what you were wearing on any day a dozen years ago? Or who you were with, what the conversation was, and whether it rained? Would it be a blessing or a curse? And if you’re forgetting a lot of your life, what might you do to better remember it? Join Eagleman with actress Marilu Henner, one of only dozens of people in the world diagnosed with highly superior autobiographical memory.

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0:00.0

My fellow inner cosmonauts, with this episode, I am wrapping up season two,

0:05.0

and I am so excited for all the new topics coming in season three,

0:09.0

like longevity and the self and dementia,

0:13.0

and so many more things about the brain that will come to understand.

0:17.0

In the new season, I'm going to have monologues, and I'm going to have guests,

0:20.0

and I'm introducing some new formats. Until then, I'm going to have monologues and I'm going to have guests and I'm introducing some new formats.

0:23.0

Until then, I'm going to be taking a short break until mid-November.

0:26.7

And in the meantime, playing some of our favorite episodes, what do we find beautiful?

0:31.7

What is intelligence?

0:33.6

Why do brains become depressed?

0:35.6

And one of my favorites, why do we see the dress differently?

0:40.1

Thank you so much for being part of inner cosmos,

0:43.0

where we get to take a deep dive together to better understand our lives,

0:48.0

our choices, and our experiences.

0:50.9

I'll see you next month.

0:57.6

What we're doing? I'll see you next month. What would it be like to have a vastly better memory than you do now?

1:03.1

What if you could remember what you were wearing on any day back 12 years ago or who you were with or what that conversation was or whether it rained

1:13.7

or what you heard on the radio. Would this be a blessing or a curse or could it be a balance of

1:21.1

the two? And if you're forgetting a lot of your life, what might you do to better remember it?

1:30.2

Welcome to Inner Cosmos with me, David Eagleman. I'm a neuroscientist and author at Stanford,

1:35.9

and in these episodes, we dive deeply into our three-pound universe to uncover some of the

1:41.0

most surprising aspects of our lives. Today's episode is about memory and specifically the most extraordinary capacities for memory

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