Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

A treat for Freda in this weeks episode on the Charlie Kaufman/Michel Gondry frolic in the mind of Jim Carey: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Surprisingly, there is a lot of great science in this episode, on what memories mean to us, and how they are formed and persist throughout our lives. Yeah, so it's a serious episode. Not sorry!.If they did it, how would they do it?.Some extra reading:https://kimon.hosting.nyu.edu/sites/science-fiction/2018/10/31/the-costs-of-a-spotless-mind-memory-identity-and-happiness-in-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/https://slate.com/culture/2004/03/the-neuroscience-behind-eternal-sunshine.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Do you like science? Do you like movies? Well, have we got a combo for you! Every two weeks join us, real life physicists Freda and Abi, while we break down the science behind some of the best and worst movie plots out there. We also get real about the depiction of scientists and their working environment in movies and lay it all on the table with our WTF moments. We're not about debunking, we're here to show our appreciation to the art of movie magic but reserve the right to laugh and shout as well as applaud where deserved! Here comes the science... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.