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The Brain with David Eagleman

What Makes Me?

Season 1 Episode 2

Dr. David Eagleman explores memory as an important pillar of self, and reveals that rather than being a faithful record of our past, memory is fallible and often unreliable, making our life of memories more personal mythology than digital recording.

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The Brain with David Eagleman Season 1
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Journey into the future and ask what’s next for the human brain, and for our species.
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