Brain Dust

Published: April 9, 2018, 2:27 p.m.

b'ENCORE\\xa0Know your brain?\\xa0Think again.\\xa0Driven by a hidden agenda, powered by an indecipherable web of neurons, and influenced by other brains, your grey matter is a black box.\\nTo "know thyself" may be a challenge, and free will nonexistent, but maybe more technology can shed light on the goings on in your noggin, and the rest of your body.\\nFind out how tiny implanted sensors called \\u201cbrain dust\\u201d may reveal what really going on.\\nPlus, the day when your brain is uploaded into a computer as ones and zeros.\\xa0Will you still be you?\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nDavid Eagleman\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Neuroscientist, Stanford University, author of\\xa0The Brain: the Story of You.\\n\\n\\n Michel Maharbiz\\xa0\\u2013 Electrical engineer, University of California, Berkeley.\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'