It’s Alive?! Frankenstein & Consciousness with George Mashour and David Andrijevic

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🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Can we bring people back from the dead? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice discuss restoring dead cells, the nature of consciousness, Frankenstein's monster, zombies, and more with neuroscientist, David Andrijevic and consciousness expert, George Mashour.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	This is Star Talk.
0:16.0	This is the Halloween show.
0:18.0	Check, always good to have you there, co-host.
0:20.0	Always stand up comedian and actor.
0:24.0	Actor, actor like a comedian?
0:26.0	Oh, is that what that was?
0:27.0	Okay.
0:28.0	That's it.
0:29.0	So today we're going to talk about zombies, but in a more sort of analytic, scientific context,
0:36.0	we're going to talk about ghosts.
0:38.0	We're going to talk about reanimating, putrified life.
0:43.0	Or just dead life, right?
0:46.0	If that phrase can ever even be uttered, such as what?
0:49.0	My lord, by now he's stinkin'.
0:54.0	Okay.
0:55.0	Little Lazarus reference thing.
0:56.0	Oh, is that what that was?
0:57.0	Okay.
0:58.0	Yeah.
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