Chapter 3: David Bueno

What are the similarities between the Sapiens methodology and the way our brain works?

In this episode of “Connecting knowledge”, scientist and divulgator David Bueno explores the connections between Sapiens and neuroscience, and how this methodology has influenced his way of understanding his field of research.

Discover how the Sapiens methodology is helping to transcend the borders of knowledge, what role emotions play in decision-making, and what mysteries still remain to be discovered in everything related to our mind and its mechanics.

This is how David Bueno sees the connection and integration of different fields of knowledge, based on the way the brain works:

“The argument I would give from the perspective of science is that everyone has one single brain. We don’t have many brains, specialized in different tasks. We have one brain. It is nourished by many different aspects, but in the end it integrates them all. For me this is the best argument to say: from these synergies is from where we must build knowledge, from where we must keep moving forward, because this is how the brain works. If we follow its own way of working, we will be using it in the most efficient way possible. If not, we won’t be getting all the utility we can get out of it. And if we can use it efficiently, why resign ourselves to using only small parts…”

About David Bueno

David Bueno holds a PhD in Biology from the University of Barcelona (UB). He was a researcher at the University of Oxford. He is currently full professor of the Biomedical, Developmental and Developmental Genetics Section of the UB, and since 2019 he is the director of the Neuroeducation Chair. Author of 60 scientific articles, 20 essay and dissemination books and several hundred journalistic articles. He has won several awards related to his research, dissemination and teaching work.