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Rationally Speaking #212 - Ed Boyden on "How to invent game-changing technologies"
Rationally Speaking #212 - Ed Boyden on "How to invent game-changing technologies"
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jul 8, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This episode features neuroscientist Ed Boyden discussing two inventions of his that have revolutionized neuroscience: optogenetics and expansion microscopy. Ed and Julia talk about Ed's approach to coming up with good ideas, why he prefers reading old science to new science, his big-picture plan for what he wants to solve in his career, and his take on the rationalist versus Hayekian debate over how to make important progress.
Released:
Jul 8, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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