What does Avi Loeb think about academia?
Avi Loeb: The reward system in academia, rewards people for the past accomplishments, not so much for innovation into the future and taking risks.
What is Paul Rand's latest book?
Paul Rand: Loeb’s latest book is titled, Extraterrestrial, the First Signs of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Other scientists have questioned his research, calling it irresponsible and even flimsy, but Loeb dismisses the skepticism as resistance to the real possibility of aliens.
Who is Avi Loeb?
Avi Loeb is a theoretical physicist and former chair of the astronomy department at Harvard University. For the past few years, he’s argued that an alien artifact, called Oumuamua, passed by Earth in 2017. As you can imagine, a Harvard professor going on record that aliens exist caused quite a stir in the scientific community.
Who said a blip of light moving so fast could only have come from another star system?
Paul Rand : A blip of light moving so fast, it could only have come from another star system.
Who is the host of Big Brains?
Paul Rand: From the University of Chicago Podcast Network, this is Big Brains, a show about the pioneering research and pivotal breakthroughs that are reshaping our world. Today on the show, the missing puzzle pieces of the universe. I’m your host, Paul Rand. Paul Rand: Dan Hooper wasn’t always going to be a physicist.
Where is Paul Rand's Big Brains?
Paul Rand: Big Brains is supported by the David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago, a purpose-built venue designed to host exceptional meetings and events. Now open for approved convenings.
Who said "This is the only universe we're going to get"?
Paul Rand: Not only is this question fascinating on its own, but considering that this is the only universe we’re going to get, we better try piecing it together.
How many brain cells are there in the human body?
There’s nothing magical or human, like you inside of it. And in fact, we think that in a human brain there’s 100 billion brain cells, or neurons. And the special thing about neurons that’s different than any other cell in your body, a stomach cell, a skin cell, is that neurons make long connections, processes that connect with each other.
Who is Bobby Kasthuri?
Neuroscientist Bobby Kasthuri wants to do the near impossible: Map the entire human brain.
How many connections does each neuron make?
KASTHURI: On average, in a human each neuron makes 10,000 connections. So if you take the number 10,000 and you multiply it by the number 100 billion, you get an even bigger number, that’s something like a quadrillion or whatever.
Is the brain made up of a little person?
KASTHURI: Yeah, so for about 100 years now, neuroscientists know that your brain it isn’t made up of a little person inside of you. For a long time, there was this theory, it was called the homunculus. And it was this idea that there was a little person sitting inside your head, who also had eyes and arms and legs, etc. And as they move their arms and legs, your arms and legs moved. It was an instantiation of you.
Can we use light microscopes to map the brain?
KASTHURI: Correct. It turns out that there are so many connections in your brain, each of them is unbelievably small. In fact, they are so small, they’re smaller than the wavelength of light, of the light that you use in most microscopes. The connection is actually smaller than light. So we can’t use light microscopes to map the brain. The only kind of microscopy you can use is something called electron microscopes. So the only way to do electron microscopy is to make really thin slices, physical thin slices, of a brain, any organ, and use an electron microscope to take a picture of each of those slices, physical slices, and put it all back together inside a computer.
Do we know where mental illness occurs?
KASTHURI: Another one is that for many psychiatric and mental illnesses, we don’t even know where the illness occurs. We don’t know, although, we think that many illnesses like autism or schizophrenia are missed connections, neurons that are connecting with inappropriate neurons, we have no idea where to start.
Do elephants have big brains?
And in general, when you think about animals that are smart, humans, whales, dolphins, elephants, they all have big brains, but a better measure is the ratio of the size of your brain to the size of your body.
What is Big Brains podcast?
From the University of Chicago, this is Big Brains, a podcast about the pioneering research and pivotal breakthroughs that are reshaping our world. On this episode, James Robinson and the prosperity and poverty of nations. I'm your host, Paul Rand.
Who hosts Big Brains?
Big Brains is a production of the UChicago podcast network. If you like what you heard, please give us a review and a rating. Our show is hosted by Paul M. Rand and produced by me, Matt Hodapp. Thanks for listening.
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