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The limitless human imagination

One of the things that separates us from our animal brethren is that we can imagine wild ideas while their minds are confined to reality. Science writer Philip Ball joins host Krys Boyd to discuss new research about imagination, often overlooked in science, and why the ability to understand the world in multi-dimensional ways is more surprising than even our ability to dream. His article “Homo imaginatus” was published by Aeon.