#22 - Let‘s talk about the mysterious machine HUMAN BRAIN with Marco Fabuš, a neuroscientist from the University of Oxford

The brain is the most complex part of the human body. We are sure that you know hardly anything about it like us before recording this episode.

Let's discover the mystery of our brain together!

Find the topics below:

 

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00:15 Introduction

2:45 From a village to one of the most prestigious colleges in the world

6:20 Introducing the brain - brain, intelligence, awareness, and consciousness

8:15 Do we really use only 10% of our brain? What's up with the 90%?

10:38 Do we use our brain 24/7?

12:10 Can the mental activity be compared to the physical one? (example of chess players)

13:40 How can our brain can be measured?

16:10 Reasons to get our brain measured?

17:45 Can everything in our brain get measured? (science vs philosophy)

22:17 Is everything that we went through stored in our brain? (perceptions, events, emotions, sensations)

26:45 The use of psychedelics

- 27:15 LSD and mushrooms - recreational vs medical application

- 31:30 Sleeping pills, caffeine, Adderall 

35:20 Terence McKenna's stoned ape theory

37:45 Meditation and yoga and its effects on our brain

40:00 Performance of our brain under anesthesia (deep sleep vs anesthesia)

44:00 Brain diseases and death

- 44:15 Training our brain to get mentally fit

- 46:30 Prevention from Alzheimer and dementia

- 49:35 Our price for living longer lives

- 51:56 Food for our brain

- 54:15 Flasback before death

- 55:40 Do we live in the Matrix?

56:45 Recommendations from Marco Fabuš

58:23 Conclusion