{"product_id":"book-fqnc","title":"NeuroScience Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if science fiction stopped being \u003ci\u003efiction\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevelopments in neuroscience are turning sci-fi scenarios into reality, and causing us to revisit some of the philosophical questions we have been asking ourselves for centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience fiction often takes its inspiration from the latest science . . . and our oldest questions. After all, the two are inextricably linked. At a time when advances in artificial intelligence are genuinely leading us closer to a computer that thinks like a human, we can’t help but wonder: \u003ci\u003eWhat makes a person a person?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCountless writers and filmmakers have created futuristic scenarios to explore this issue and others like it. But these scenarios may not be so futuristic after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the movie \u003ci\u003eInception, \u003c\/i\u003ea group of conspirators implants false memories; in \u003ci\u003eUntil the End of the World,\u003c\/i\u003e a mad scientist is able to read dreams; in \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey,\u003c\/i\u003e a supercomputer feels and thinks like a person. And in recent years, the achievements described in leading scientific journals have included some that might sound familiar: implanting memories using optogenetics, reading the mind during sleep thanks to advanced decoding algorithms, and creating a computer that uses deep neural networks to surpass the abilities of human thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNeuroScience Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, neuroscientist and author Rodrigo Quiroga reveals the futuristic present we are living in, showing how the far-out premises of 10 seminal science fiction movies are being made possible by discoveries happening right now, on the cutting edge of neuroscience. He also explores the thorny philosophical problems raised as a result, diving into \u003ci\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/i\u003e and free will, \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e and the illusion of reality, \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e and android emotion, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA heady mix of science fiction, neuroscience, and philosophy, \u003ci\u003eNeuroScience Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e takes us from \u003ci\u003eVanilla Sky\u003c\/i\u003e to neural research labs, and from \u003ci\u003ePlanet of the Apes\u003c\/i\u003e to what makes us human. This is a book you’ll be thinking about long after the last page—and once you’ve read it, you’ll never watch a sci-fi blockbuster the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49369600327984,"sku":"BDfqnc","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/237765-fqnc-Square.jpg?v=1734632738","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-fqnc","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}