Understanding Cognitive Functions

Uri Hasson discusses the mistake of endowing the entire brain with the capacity to understand and how the foundation of the brain has been changed. He explores the emergence of a system that can understand and extrapolate, despite its slow and prone to mistakes nature. Kyle Polich questions if these cognitive functions can be replicated by computers, without relying on magic or esoteric theories. The possibility of neural networks being simple and the role of competition in driving innovation are also explored.