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What Is Consciousness? Philip Goff On The Nature of Reality & The Science of Mind

The Rich Roll Podcast

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Is There a Consciousness in the Physical World?

The panpsychist tends to say now the physical world is real it's really out there it's just made up of consciousness hmm so maybe these are just two slightly different takes on the same idea yeah no I get it I get it. If everything is an appearance in consciousness and when we put our hand on this table we feel it but actually that sensation isn't occurring in the hand it's occurring in the brain in the same way pain isn't you know if I cut my finger the pain isn't happening in the finger it's happening in the brain. It's not that much of a leap to then wonder are we you know in this simulation experience like how do you think about the

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