Consciousness

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February 11, 2007

Daniel Tammet has an amazing mind. He can recite from memory 22 thousand digits in the number pi. He can learn a foreign language in a week. But he also has trouble with simple directions, like telling the difference between left and right, and he's had to teach himself to laugh at jokes. Tammet is an autistic savant, and sees the world in a very different way. In this hour of To The Best Of Our Knowledge we'll explore the mystery of consciousness.

Steve Paulson Reports on Consciousness

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We hear from Artificial Intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky, physicist Roger Penrose, philosopher Daniel Dennett, New Age guru Deepak Chopra, and many more.

Louann Brizendine on "The Female Brain"

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Louann Brizendine tells Jim Fleming that male brains are fueled by testosterone and female brains are fueled by estrogen and that they are chemically and physically different from each other.

Alan Wallace "Contemplative Science"

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 He tells Steve Paulson that the long tradition of rigorous investigation of the mind undertaken by Buddhism has a lot to teach Western science.

Daniel Tammet on "Born on a Blue Day"

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Daniel Tammett loves numbers, can do calculations in his head into the millions, and can recite pi to more than 22,000 digits. But he has trouble telling right from left and looking people in the eye.

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March 02, 2008
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Steve Paulson

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Louann Brizendine

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