<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1IGwrZ_0uKGXJIB00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1IGwrZ_0uKGXJIB00" width="1200" height="630" ><p>Our knowledge of psychology is exploding.</p><p>In this episode, first Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with his guest, Prof. Daniel Dennett, Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. He was the author of Breaking the Spell, which why and how religion has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice?</p><p>During the second half of the hour, Michio Kaku speaks with Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard, author of Blank Slate, which makes a case arguing that human behavior is substantially shaped by evolutionary psychological adaptations. Why do you think the way you do? Were you born with a mind that was a blank slate or a tome in your dome?</p><p>Exploration is an hour-long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. Topics covered include black holes, time travel, higher dimensions, string theory, wormholes, search for extra-terrestrial life, dark matter and dark energy, the future of space travel, genetic engineering, the aging process, the future of medicine, the human body shop, artificial intelligence, the future of computers and robots, as well as topics from science fiction.</p></div></body>

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ON EXPLORATIONS: inner space – what is inside your mind?

Our knowledge of psychology is exploding. In this episode, first Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with his guest, Prof. Daniel Dennett, Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. He was the author of Breaking the Spell, which why and how religion has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice?