Neuroscience fiction
(Audiobook CD)
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Published
[United States] : Brilliance Audio, Inc., 2020.
Format
Audiobook CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Status
Sequim - Talking Books
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Published
[United States] : Brilliance Audio, Inc., 2020.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (550 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
9781713523789
Notes
General Note
Compact disc.
Participants/Performers
Read by Timothy Andrés Pabon.
Description
What if science fiction stopped being fiction? Developments in neuroscience are turning sci-fi scenarios into reality, and causing us to revisit some of the philosophical questions we have been asking ourselves for centuries. Science fiction often takes its inspiration from the latest science ... and our oldest questions. After all, the two are inextricably linked. At a time when advances in artificial intelligence are genuinely leading us closer to a computer that thinks like a human, we can't help but wonder: What makes a person a person? Neuroscientist and author Rodrigo Quiroga reveals the futuristic present people are living in, showing how the far-out premises of ten seminal science fiction movies are being made possible by discoveries happening right now, on the cutting edge of neuroscience. He also explores the thorny philosophical problems raised as a result, diving into Minority Report and free will, The Matrix and the illusion of reality, Blade Runner and android emotion, and more.