Jolt of Personality

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

News, Science, Society & Culture, Culture, Comedy, Internet, Pop, Games, Gadgets

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2014

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) - the process of directly electrocuting parts of the brain to accelerate learning - causes Anthony and Jeff to debate the possibility of the human soul. If we are just a series of electrical impulses, does it even matter if we can all be Super Men? Also how badass would it be to have rocketfeet? Hey! If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you use to listen. Here's the link to do it on iTunes: [http://bit.ly/wehaveconcerns](http://bit.ly/wehaveconcerns) Jeff on Twitter: [http://twitter.com/jeffcannata](http://twitter.com/jeffcannata) Anthony on Twitter: [http://twitter.com/acarboni](http://twitter.com/acarboni) Today's story was submitted by @\_DaanishSyed and @saviopalm RadioLab 9-Volt Nirvana: [http://www.radiolab.org/story/9-volt-nirvana/](http://www.radiolab.org/story/9-volt-nirvana/)

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:17.0	If somebody was like, hey, describe Jeff Kanada.
0:20.4	You'd be like, he's a sad, his most basic level.
0:23.4	He's a sack of organic material mostly water
0:27.3	that is periodically electrocuted by chemicals in his brain.
0:31.9	And he's my friend.
0:34.8	Welcome to We Have Concerns.
0:36.1	Hi, Jeff Kanada.
0:36.8	Hi, Anthony Carbony.
0:38.1	Have you seen this crazy thing?
0:39.6	OK, so I went out and asked the people on the Twitter
0:43.7	to suggest some things for us to talk about.
0:45.4	And you guys were great.
0:46.9	You sent in a lot of stuff.
0:47.9	Amazing.
0:48.4	Several people, including At Donnish Sayed and At Saviopalm,
0:53.8	sent in this story from radio lab.
0:55.9	So these guys are talking about zapping your brain.
0:58.8	And you had heard about this before.
1:00.6	Yeah, this is something that we covered on DNews.
1:02.5	It's a transcranial stimulation.
1:06.6	I'm sure I forgot a middle part of that.
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