9 Sep 2016

What Makes Us ... Us - 11 September

From TED Radio Hour, 11:24 am on 9 September 2016

What Makes Us - Us

For thousands of years, we've searched to answer the question: Who are we? Today, science has brought us closer than ever to the answer. This hour, TED speakers share ideas on what makes us … us.

Sam Sternberg: How Will 'Cut And Paste' Technology Rewrite Our DNA?
Steven Pinker: How Do Nature And Nurture Combine To Make Us Who We Are?
Ze Frank: Are You Ready To Take the 'Human' Test?
John Searle: Where Does Consciousness Come From?

From NPR’s  TED Radio Hour

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