Extrasensory

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Original broadcast date: March 7, 2014. In this hour, TED speakers question whether we can experience the world more deeply by not only extending our senses — but going beyond them. Guests include artist Neil Harbisson, engineer Todd Kuiken, speech scientist Rupal Patel, and sound expert Julian Treasure.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here, so each of us, every day, experiences the world through our senses.
0:06.2	But what happens when one of our senses fails us?
0:09.5	How does that change our perception of the world?
0:12.6	And can technology help us stretch and enhance our senses?
0:17.0	This episode is called Extra Sensory and it originally aired in March of 2014.
0:24.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:29.9	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:32.6	Ted.
0:33.8	Ted.
0:34.8	Technology.
0:35.8	Entertainment.
0:36.8	Design.
0:37.8	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:38.8	I've never known that.
0:39.8	Delivered at Ted Conferences Around the World.
0:40.8	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:42.5	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:45.3	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:49.7	Those talks, those ideas, adapted for radio.
0:55.6	From NPR.
0:57.6	I'm Guy Ross.
1:00.8	And on the show today, Extra Sensory.
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