Royal Institution Lectures

If our brains are computers, who designs the software? + Q&A (Daniel C Dennett) (2017x3)

Air date: Feb 21, 2017

There is widespread agreement among researchers in cognitive science that a human brain is some kind of computer, but not much like the laptop. If we look at perceptual experience, and education in particular, as a process of redesigning our cerebral computers, how does the software get designed, and what are the limits of this design process? Join Daniel C Dennett to find out.