I thought I had control over what I think, which it turns out, I – as in, the person I think I am – probably doesn’t. My brain does, both the conscious and unconscious bits of it… and that’s creepy.

So I suppose the question I was left with after watching Professor Marcus du Sautoy test and retest his own brain, is, “Is my brain ‘me’, or am I my brain?”

Confused? Well you should be. Horizon is of course historically one of those shows that tries to simplify complicated stuff so plebeians like me can make head or tails of it, and usually it works, but I’m still not entirely sure what the outcome of this film was… Read more & comment »