The Brain Inside – Are You Sure You Want To Know?

So we’re learning more and more about how the brain works. And new technology might soon allow us to peer into the workings of the head. But there might be some downsides. “The more that breakthroughs like the recent one in brain-scanning open up the mind to scientific scrutiny, the more we may be pressed to give up comforting metaphysical ideas like interiority, subjectivity and the soul. Let’s enjoy them while we can.”