#139 – Andrew Huberman: Neuroscience of Optimal Performance
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Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:24) - Fear (14:36) - Virtual reality (18:20) - Claustrophobia (20:08) - Skydiving (21:43) - Overcoming fears (26:43) - Optimal performance (29:57) - Deep work (45:22) - Psychedelics (49:08) - Deep work (1:02:48) - Everything in the brain is an abstraction (1:10:06) - Human vision system (1:21:42) - Neuralink (1:49:12) - Science of consciousness (2:04:00) - David Goggins (2:21:04) - Science communication (2:28:36) - Man's Search for Meaning