EP69 - Your brain, materialism, and dead salmon [w/ Matthew Cobb]

Ratio Podcast

• Episode: EP69 - Your brain, materialism, and dead salmon [w/ Matthew Cobb]
• Website: Ratio Podcast
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• Duration: 01:13:08
• Published: 2020-06-04 08:16

In this episode, we talk to the biologist Matthew Cobb about the different theories about the brain and consciousness. We discussed Matthew's early career, which involved getting drunk for science and continued on to: — Why does Matthew think materialism is the soundest approach to understanding the brain? — What are the implications of determinism on the punitive law system? — Can dogs be left- or right-handed? — What does a dead salmon teach us about the way we set up scientific experiments? — Is being female genetically determined? — What does "your brain on drugs" really look like? Listen to the episode to learn more! === All the show notes are at ratio.bg/podcast/69 You can support us on Patreon: patreon.com/ratiobg