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Rationally Speaking #194 - Robert Wright on "Why Buddhism is True"

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The Importance of Introspection

Buddhism posits that false models of the world are one of the main causes of suffering. In Buddhism, this is considered a kind of misperception or illusion because we don't really come to terms with it. The most common example of how natural selection seems capable of explaining an illusion posited by Buddhism. But another example is this kind of illusions about the self.

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