The Third Personality of Mr. Robot

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There are times where Mr. Robot isn't present when he seems to get angry, in favor of your theory. And that explains why at least Mr. Robot doesn't know about this third personality. The one I think is kind of interesting and I need to know more about is that the original Elliot, Samseppiel,. So he's been using Samsepediel as this alias that he was using to break into a steel mountain.

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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