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#178 — The Reality Illusion

Making Sense with Sam Harris

CHAPTER

The Evolution of Consciousness

i want to anchor what you've said to a very straightforward perception, so that our listeners can get in touch with how counter intuitive your thesis is. O before we get to consciousness, which is central to our interest and where there's more controversy, at least in my mind, i want to anchor it to a very simple concept of non vertical perception. So when the three of us are in a room together, apparently their objects, we can see what is the status of those objects without looking at them. How does that map on to your theory ofnon vertical perception? I think this is a very important project. And i think it's just useful as as a launching off point to every

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