Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Cooper discusses his recent work in the understanding of consciousness from a material point of view. Although there is concern that this might take away from the mystery of life, he quips, "If you tell me what the chemistry is of the digestion of a great wine... it's not going to stop me from enjoying the wine."

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Superconductivity and Other Insoluble Problems: Are There Limits to Scientific Understanding?

Neuroscientists David Eagleman and Henry Markram debate whether or not it's possible to ever fully understand the workings of the brain. While Eagleman is skeptical, Markram defends his work on the Human Brain Project, which aims to recreate the brain by assembling its individual parts.

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As computers become more advanced, there are fewer and fewer things that people are able to do that computers are not. But, author James Gleick argues, while computers are currently both "surprisingly good" and "surprisingly bad" at tasks like translation, by gathering input from human users, they may eventually understand concepts as complex as art and emotion.

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/19/James_Gleick_Bits_and_Bytes

Joris Maltha, co-founder of Catalogtree, uses data visualization to show the impact that supercomputer error had on the New York Stock Exchange during the most recent crash. "There are no humans involved, its just mathematical algorithms trading amongst themselves," explains Maltha.

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/25/Data_In_Sight_Making_the_Transparent_Visual

Matt Ridley, journalist and author of The Rational Optimist, examines the driving force behind human evolution and technological innovation, especially over the past 100,000 years. Ridley argues the answer lies in the development of exchange, or trade.

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/22/Matt_Ridley_Deep_Optimism

Author, inventor, and futurist Ray Kurzweil explains that even though immortality may seem a far-off goal, it could be achievable by people who are alive today. He argues that immortality will come not from a silver bullet cure for aging, but rather a series of "bridges" that will eventually lead to eternal life.

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