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Consciousness + Simulation w/ Dr. Eliot Winer
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68 minutes
Released:
Aug 25, 2020
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What are thoughts? If a computer can think, is it conscious? What can machine learning teach us about the brain? Today Shane talks with Dr. Eliot Winer, Professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University and Associate Director at Virtual Reality Applications Center.Learn more about Eliot Winer: https://www.brain.vpresearch.iastate.edu/people/eliot-winerThank you for watching and being an inquisitive being.????? ???? ?? ???:Stand-up comedian, adventurer and science enthusiast Shane Mauss has been interviewing scientists each week since 2014.Originally from La Crosse, Wisconsin this former factory worker skipped college to become a comedian. His stand up has been on Comedy Central, Conan, Kimmel, Showtime, and Epix https://bit.ly/shaneTV . In the age of podcasting, more people might be familiar with him as a guest on Trussell, Holmes, Kreischer, Vaughn, Maron, or Rogan https://bit.ly/shaneguest.Compelled to talk about bigger ideas, he now travels to universities around the world (when there isn't a pandemic) to interview researchers on a journey to learn what makes us who we are...as well as a bunch of other random stuff you never imagined you would care about.Favorite topics include: psychology, biology, evolution, cognitive biases, behavioral economics, mating, animal behavior, neuroscience, entheogens and consciousness.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 25, 2020
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