{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e5bb446df501a0b22943a06/5e5bb49f13b6828a4aaadc85?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Creative Brains","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e5bb446df501a0b22943a06/82c918c9575dcb800a65723d49e61491.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Your cat is smart, but its ability to choreograph a ballet or write computer code isn’t great.  A lot of animals are industrious and clever, but humans are the only animal that is uniquely ingenious and creative. </p> <p>Neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt discuss how human creativity has reshaped the world. Find out what is going on in your brain when you write a novel, paint a watercolor, or build a whatchamacallit in your garage.</p> <p>But is <em>Homo sapiens’</em> claim on creativity destined to be short-lived?  Why both Eagleman and Brandt are prepared to step aside when artificial intelligence can do their jobs.</p> <p>Guests:</p> <ul> <li><a href=\"http://anthonybrandt.net/bio.html\">Anthony Brandt</a> – Professor of Composition and Theory, Rice University, and co-author of “<a href= \"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936787520/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1936787520&linkId=ba9d9faaeb7d57739596cb6aa5d8e9fd\">The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World</a>”</li> <li><a href=\"http://www.eagleman.com/\">David Eagleman</a> – Neuroscientist, Stanford University, and co-author, “The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World”</li> </ul>","author_name":"Seth Shostak, Molly Bentley, SETI Institute"}