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Better Call Paul

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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What Do We Know About Consciousness?

There's every reason to believe that our mental life, including our conscious experiences, a product of our brain. What we don't know is how. Some people have synesthesia where the senses from one sense slop over to others. There's a Russian case study of a guy who couldn't read a newspaper or her breakfast because it ruined the taste of his eggs. People in their 40s and 50s, they read a discussion of mental imagery and then they go, wait, wait. I thought people were just joking.

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