Can we create new senses for humans? | David Eagleman

In the words of neuroscientist Gregory Berns, “only when you consciously confront your brain’s reliance on categories will you be able to imagine outside of its boundaries.” Venturing out of the mind’s perimeter of comfort, in a constant quest for the unknown, liminal creators keep on fueling their imagination by exploring the gray areas that live ... See more

I think people would be better off if they learned to use the whole earth. All five senses. the world is a very sensual place you know. People joke by saying "touch grass" but its much more than that. There's so much more. It's really there.

Change is endlessly fascinating to brains. ‘Almost all perception is based on the detection of change’ says the neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott. ‘Our perceptual systems basically don’t work unless there are changes to detect.’ In a stable environment, the brain is relatively calm. But when it detects change, that event is immediately register

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“I think science is very young. I think eventually we will figure out that there is something much much bigger going on and that humans are just a curious little side-effect of a much bigger thing” – Lex Fridman