He Was Given 12 Months to Live. Here's What He Wants You to Know About Identity - David Linden - E199
Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David Linden, facing a terminal diagnosis, reveals the real science behind human individuality, genes, randomness & you.
What if everything you believe about why you are 'you' is wrong? My guest today has spent his career studying the brain at Johns Hopkins — and a few years ago, he was told he had six to twelve months to live. Today, we're talking about what he's learned on both sides of that line. We're going to get into why 'nature versus nurture' is, in his words, scientifically lazy — and what's actually shaping your personality, your preferences, even who you're attracted to. We're going to talk about a discovery about sexual sensation in the body that's only a few years old. And we're going to talk about what facing death taught him about time, gratitude, and identity that no textbook ever could. Stick around — this one gets personal fast
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DAVID LINDEN TIMESTAMP
00:00 - Cold Open and Meeting Dr. David Linden
03:08 - Facing Cancer: David's Diagnosis and JC's Own News
06:00 - Why "Unique" Needed to Be Written
09:49 - The Third Factor: Why Identical Twins Differ
13:30 - The Heritability Spectrum: Earwax to Accent
17:11 - Intelligence, Addiction and Personal Responsibility
22:32 - Why Healthy People Still Get Cancer
24:58 - When Individuality Begins: Life Before Birth
29:39 - Cilantro, Taste and the "Anti-Panda" Diet
32:54 - Diet Advice and the Truth About Supplements
36:32 - Certainty, Curiosity and the Scientist's Mindset
39:24 - Science Evolving: Being Wrong and Staying Humble
44:25 - Open Questions: Sexuality and Revising "Unique"
47:35 - Lightning Round: Myths, Memory and a Favorite Book
52:39 - ending: New Book, Where to Find David and Sign-Off
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