David Eagleman

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No one is harmed, no death, no trauma, just a few cells grown in a dish.

This is David Eagleman from the Inner Cosmos podcast.

And this week, we're tackling a tough question where brain science meets the future.

Lab-grown meat is going to force us to confront the boundaries of our ethics.

And what does this have to do with brain plasticity, social belonging, messed up boundaries between mental categories?

What does this uncover about brain science and our calculations of morality?

Listen to Inner Cosmos on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

No one is harmed, no death, no trauma, just a few cells grown in a dish.

This is David Eagleman from the Inner Cosmos podcast.

And this week, we're tackling a tough question where brain science meets the future.

Lab-grown meat is going to force us to confront the boundaries of our ethics and our imagination.

It invites us to question why we draw lines exactly where we do and whether those lines are drawn in ink or in pencil.

And what does this have to do with sanctity, brain plasticity, social belonging, messed up boundaries between mental categories, flesh copyrights, and the future of personhood?

Here we go.

And I said, what?

Yeah, so I slipped off the roof, ended up breaking my nose on the brick floor below.

But the thing that really struck me about it was that it seemed to take a long time to fall from the roof.

And so I was thinking about Alice in Wonderland as I was falling and how this must have been what it was like for her.

And, you know, it felt like lots of time as I felt.