The Richness of Time

Join a physicist, a neuroscientist, and a linguist as they explore the deep enigmas of time. Time feels like it flows, but does it? Time seems to have a built-in direction, from past to future, but is that real or merely a quality imposed by the human brain? Time on earth elapses at a uniform rate, so why does the human experience of time seem so varied? How do various neurological afflictions change the perception of time? And underneath it all, how does human language impact our ability to think about time and fully experience its rich and mysterious contours?

PARTICIPANTS: Lera Boroditsky, Dean Buonomano

MODERATOR: Brian Greene

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[ElisDiaz]

What an amazing discussion. I love this format. I wish i had friends that were into these topics. It's a buzzkill to get excited about these discussions and no one to talk to about it and get excited with in real life outside of forums.

[gokuwisdom]

Loved every bit of it. Brian Greene amazes me with his intellect and how good of a listener he is. Always gets the best out of the guests / panel.

[anarchywon]

Possibly the greatest moderator I've seen. Brian keeps the narrative moving with thought provoking talking points throughout. Great guests, beautiful camera/audio work. Top notch production on all fronts.

[reginakatherine]

This is one of my all time favorites. Time is so illusive when defining yet measured in a seemingly highly accurate way, labeled as a dimension, and used to measure things spatially. So cool.

[ptimal]

Amazing how we can plop down on the couch, or put in headphones while working or exercising and listen to something like this. It's stuff like this that is helping to accelerate the evolution of (some) humans in a more intelligent direction. Can't imagine never even becoming curious of these topics, but many do not.

[whiteTiki]

Brian Greene BY FAR the best host. I’ve seen a lot of The World Science Festival videos and in my opinion, many times a bad host makes an unpleasant experience. But not with Mr. Greene

[motherbrain]

Watching this made me realize how many fascinating WSF talks I'm missing out on by cherry-picking the more physics oriented videos. Wonderful stuff!

[aishayusuf]

Brain greene's enthusiasm for science is infectious... What an entertaining physicist... What fresh air MashaAllah!

[KP_Oz]

I just worked out that I need to go back to study or work in a scientific institution to meet smarter human beings. How cool are these discussions!❤️

[christianarmstrong]

Personally, one of the best WSF discussions I have watched. Truly fascinating!

[alexwilliamns]

Brian Greene is probably my favourite science communicator... Great understanding of a variety of subjects and an incredible curiosity for what he doesn’t yet understand. And a fascination and wonder for it all.

[creativecore]

I had a similar notion on the meaning of time after my friends had told me about their trip when taking psychedelic mushrooms. Then watching Brian Greene have a similar experience after his friends had told him about their trip was very inspiring to hear.

[firstchannel]

It's just an amazing conversation. Just the idea of discussing time travel with neuroscientist, and a linguist, is ahead of time, if time was intelligence.

[viggo]

its truly amazing, as Dean talked about, how the brain naturally works in milliseconds while interpreting and predicting verbal information. Like in the end When Greene said "lets bring Dean out for a three-way" i had time to both predict and imagine an entirely different scenario in my mind in the millisecond it took him to add the word "conversation" to that sentence.

[charusingh]

This discussion entirely changed the way I think about time.
Feeling deeply obliged to Brian!!

[ViMi]

I got so captivated I watched their gestures.
And they showed the past with left hand and future with right.

[DrStrangeBrew]

As a type of time traveller looking back. It's great when Brian Greene said "It's four years till 2020 & 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang. Everything is going to be just fine."
He has no idea...

[nuranigeria]

Time and the phenomenal factors occurring on over with the changes accompanied by Time.
These are things mankind can't do anything to stop.
Enjoy Brain from Nigeria 🇳🇬

[charleslaurice]

Dr. Green you are the most incredible teacher I’ve ever been able to listen to in my life. I’m 70 years old.

[rachellindsey]

The linguist was absolutely brilliant! I learned so much from her.