In the previous episode (“Getting the Data”), we learned about the many neuroscience tools Prof. Ed Boyden (MIT Media Lab, McGovern Institute) and his team have invented and disseminated to control, map, and observe the brain.  In this second episode, join GLiMPSE for a discussion of the ‘illusion of reductionism’ in biology, new developments in neuroethics, and Ed’s techniques for solving difficult problems.

For more information please visit:

• http://syntheticneurobiology.org/
• https://mcgovern.mit.edu/profile/ed-boyden/

Episode by Maxwell Robinson

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Music Credits:

“Over Under”, “Allada”
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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