S01E09

Awakening

May 21, 2018 · 47 min

7.5

Your brain is an anomaly. We tend to think that once the first life emerged it was inevitable that it would eventually evolve into us. But there is nothing inevitable about consciousness. For over 2 billion years no life on earth possessed a brain. And even today, 90% of life doesn’t have a brain. How life and our strange rock came together to create consciousness is a story of almost impossible and unnecessary coincidences….

Cast

Will Smith
Self - Host
Esentai Bekbolat
Self - Eagle Hunter
Esen Sailau
Self - Eagle Hunter
Jonathan Paredes
Self - Cliff Diver
Uvaserua Tjiposa
Self - Himba Chief's Wife
Lama Samdup
Self - Tibetan Buddhist Monk
Julie Misaki
Self - Hong Kong Resident
Iain Kerr
Self - Expedition Leader
Rocky Robinson
Self - Motorcyclist
Peggy Whitson
Self - Astronaut
Nicole Stott
Self - Astronaut
Chris Hadfield
Self - Astronaut
Michael J. Massimino
Self - Astronaut
Jerry Linenger
Self - Astronaut
Mae Jemison
Self - Astronaut
Leland Melvin
Self - Astronaut

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