At TED I had the opportunity to address an issue close to my heart: can we marry our technology to our biology to expand what it means to be a human? If you're interested in more on this topic, see my new company NeoSensory, or read a short essay I wrote called "The Umwelt".
My TED talk: Can we create new senses for humans? Featured
Can we create new senses for humans?
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Why I am a Possibilian
Our ignorance of the cosmos is too vast to commit to atheism, and yet we know too much to commit to a particular religion. A third position, agnosticism, is often an uninteresting stance in which a person simply questions whether his traditional religious story is true or not true. I call myself a possibilian. Find out why.
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Schwarzenegger on Incognito
What a wonderful shot of caffeine it was to find my childhood hero lauding my book in the New York Times.
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Q & A in New Scientist magazine
Read a Q&A with David in New Scientist to find out his ideas and advice to young scientists.
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Silicon Immortality: Downloading Consciousness into Computers
Well before we understand how brains work, we may find ourselves able to digitally copy the brain's structure and able to download the conscious mind into a computer. What are the possibilities and challenges?
In other news...
McGovern Award for excellence in Communication
David was honored to receive the 2014 John J. McGovern Award for Excellence in Biomedical Education from the American Medical Writers' Assocation. Noted past recipients include authors Oliver Sacks and Abraham Verghese.
New Scientist interview on the V.E.S.T.
Your reality need not be constrained by your biology. Read the interview here.
New Scientist time story
New Scientist magazine features David Eagleman's time perception research as their cover story.
