Your Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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**Chuck Nice** (0:30)
Hola, si tengo una reservación para Carlos? What you heard right there is a real world scenario where I'm checking in to a hotel, except I'm not doing it in my own language. Why?
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Just la hora, amigos.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (2:36)
So Gary did it again, got us another neuroscientist, but this one has got some unorthodox means, pushing people off of rooftops just to see how their brain works. What's up with that?

**Gary O'Reilly** (2:47)
How to make memories, Neil.

**Chuck Nice** (2:49)
I think the memory is me crapping my pants.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (2:53)
Coming up on StarTalk, your inner cosmos. Welcome to StarTalk, your place in the universe, where science and pop culture collide. StarTalk begins right now.
This is StarTalk Special Edition. I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist. And if it's Special Edition, it means Gary O'Reilly is sitting right there. How are you doing?

**Gary O'Reilly** (3:22)
I'm good, yay!

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (3:27)
Were those cheers, or were you exhaling into the mic?

**Chuck Nice** (3:30)
A little bit of both, I'm a smoker, so, no.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (3:35)
Oh yeah, that is Chuck Nice cheering on Gary O'Reilly.

**Chuck Nice** (3:39)
Yes!

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (3:40)
So, Gary, we've got more neuroscience back in the 90s.
One of our favorite subjects. Yes. And we can't get enough of it. I think the field is, you know, relative to other branches of science. It's relatively new. And so, every few months, we get a new neuroscientist on telling us about new discoveries, new understandings, and I love every minute of it. So what have you stitched together for today?

**Gary O'Reilly** (4:04)
Ah, right, let me explain it to you this way before we reveal who our guest might be. Often on StarTalk, we explore the outer cosmos, and today we'll explore our inner cosmos. The human mind is flexible.
What are the boundaries, though, of what our minds can do? Imagine if you could see with your tongue or hear through your skin.
The reality is we can, and we'll get to that later on. Now, what is neuroplasticity? Guess if I can even say it. Now ask yourself, why do we dream? And follow it with, do we perceive time correctly?
Now, that is a question, but that's enough for now. So, Neil, let's bring on our guest and we'll get straight to it.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (4:50)
Well, and our guest in 2020 published a book, LiveWired? The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain.
Or is that really our ever-changing understanding of our non-changing brain? We'll find out right straight away on that one. Please join me in welcoming David Eagleman. Did I pronounce your name correctly there?