The Mystery of Elliot

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"This is a mystery just in the style of the old Mr. Robot mystery, right? Like we've had, I think the problem with season two was that they kind of tried for a mystery and it wasn't a very good one," he said. "What Esmel does with this reveal, if it is in any way smells of foulness, like unfairness or no, no, cheapness, it's going to be bad."

We try (with varying success) to wrap our heads around Thomas Nagel’s classic article “What is it Like to be a Bat?" Does science have the tools to give us a theory of consciousness or is that project doomed from the outset? Why do reductionist or functionalist explanations seem so unsatisfying? Is the problem that consciousness is subjective, or is it something about the nature of conscious experience itself? Is this ultimately an epistemological or metaphysical question? What are we talking about? Do we even know anymore?

Plus, the return of Mr. Robot! We talk about the big new mystery at the heart of the new season.

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