How to read minds
Mysteries of Science
Fun Kids
4.6 • 681 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Stevie and Michael dive into the topic of telepathy – the (supposed) strange ability to transmit thoughts or read minds!
Joining the team to probe the psychic powers of the human mind are emeritus professor Chris French, and journalist and author Kathryn Hulick.
We chat about Elon Musk's futuristic Neuralink project, which claims to be able to harness the power of the brain, and hear the story of a clever horse.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to mysteries of science. I'm Stevie, the deputy editor of Science and Nature, |
| 0:08.1 | the monthly magazine by the team behind the week junior. And I'm Michael. On this podcast, we |
| 0:12.8 | investigate weird events, strange creatures and mysterious places. And I'm sure long time listening to |
| 0:18.2 | the podcast will join me in welcoming back Stevie. Hi, Stevie. It's great to be back. And I'm sure long-time listeners of the podcast will join me in welcoming back Stevie. |
| 0:21.5 | Hi, Stevie. |
| 0:23.9 | It's great to be back. |
| 0:26.1 | And I want to dig into this week's episode. |
| 0:30.5 | So tell me, what mystery are we investigating today, Michael? |
| 0:38.6 | Well, Stevie, I don't actually need to say it out loud because I'm going to send a message straight to your brain and to all the listeners' brains as well. |
| 0:43.1 | I'm going to do my best Professor X impression here. Can you tell what it is yet? |
| 0:50.6 | No. No, I haven't got it. Sorry. I feel like you've tried to tell me something, but it's just not coming through. |
| 0:54.7 | Okay, fine. I'll tell you. It's telepathy, which, if you hadn't guessed by my demonstration there, is the ability to send messages using just your brain and to read people's |
| 1:00.0 | minds too. Right. Okay. So, well, I think we've learned all that we need to learn about that, |
| 1:05.5 | and you definitely are not telepathic, Michael. So are there people out there that can actually do this? Well, let's find out. We've assembled some top telepathic, Michael. So, are there people out there that can actually do this? Well, let's find out. |
| 1:12.9 | We've assembled some top telepathic experts to help us out. So let's find out how to read minds. |
| 1:19.6 | This is mysteries of science. Okay, so telepathy, where do we start? Well, I gave us all a little |
| 1:27.4 | explanation and failed demonstration of what it is, |
| 1:30.0 | but why do we get an actual expert who can explain it to us properly? |
| 1:33.6 | I am Emeritus Professor Chris French. |
| 1:36.8 | Up until a couple of years back, I was at Goldsmiths, University of London, |
| 1:41.8 | and the Department of Psychology there, |
| 1:43.7 | and up until recently, I've been the head of the anomalistic psychology research unit. |
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