Brain-to-Voice Tech, Microplastic Brains & Resurrecting Musicians?

In this episode we dive into a brain-computer interface that gives a paralyzed woman her voice back, the terrifying rise of microplastics in human brains, and a musician “resurrected” using lab-grown neurons. We also explore dolphin language models, uploading your mind, and the question: are humans still the most conscious beings on Earth?Follow Dilan: https://x.com/dilanFollow Ben: https://x.com/btaubsterListen to the podcast: https://www.almostgotitpod.comChapters:00:00 – Intro01:25 – Paralyzed Woman Speaks via Brain-Computer Interface03:49 – Stephen Hawking’s Voice, Replaced in Real-Time05:35 – Is This Superhuman Communication?07:08 – Neural Telepathy & API for the Brain10:06 – Speed of Intention: Gaming with Neuralink12:34 – Could We Merge Brains and Think Together?15:10 – Thoughts as Queries, Answers as Memory18:10 – The End of Fate: Tech as Consciousness Liberation20:05 – The 1mm That Could Separate a Life22:24 – Story 2: Microplastics Found in Human Brains23:31 – One Plastic Spoon Worth… In Your Head25:10 – Dementia, Autism & the Plastic Threat27:50 – Plastics: A Miracle Turned Menace29:48 – Exponential Plastic, Contaminated Food Chains32:16 – There Is No Control Group—We're All Infected34:09 – What You Can (Maybe) Do About It36:35 – Processed Food = Plastic Bombs39:04 – Even ‘Healthy’ Food Might Be Poisoned41:00 – Are We Totally Screwed?44:17 – Plastic-Eating Microbes & Biotech Hope45:10 – Story 3: Resurrecting a Musician with Lab-Grown Neurons47:00 – Is a Brain Sample Still ‘You’?49:01 – Talking to Dolphins with Google’s AI50:52 – Are We the Center of Consciousness?52:17 – Dolphin Language Mirrors Ours55:02 – Whales Have 200 Billion Neurons… Are They Smarter?58:02 – The Real Reason Human Brains Grew So Big01:00:44 – Evolution’s Dirty Secret: Brains Evolved for Politics01:02:12 – The Price of Consciousness