21 Oct 2018

What Makes Us ... Us - 21 October

From TED Radio Hour, 7:06 pm on 21 October 2018

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?
Anil Seth: How Does Your Brain Construct Your Conscious Reality?

From NPR’s TED Radio Hour

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