Emily Esfahani Smith

Emily Esfahani Smith is a writer based in Washington, D.C. She is the author of The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters.

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  1. One Head, Two Brains

    How a radical epilepsy treatment in the early 20th century paved the way for modern-day understandings of perception, consciousness, and the self

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  2. As Babies, We Knew Morality

    New research supports the understanding that all people are born with a sense of good and bad. What does that say about altruism, community, and the capacity to kill one another?

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