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#264 - Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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Differentiating the Level of Consciousness and Contents

I see how this information integration theory can track changes in level of consciousness. But when you're talking about contents, I can certainly imagine and believe I've experienced states of consciousness where the contents are a mess. And yet it's no less vivid. We could think of certain neurological conditions where there's certainly something that it's like to be the person but with very little behavioral utility.

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