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#649 - Anil Seth - Does Your Brain Hallucinate Conscious Reality?
Modern Wisdom
The Cell: A Perception of the World
What does it mean to say that we are the same person now as we were 20 years ago? That's a very complicated question, because I think it makes sense in some ways, but not in other ways. One way to think of the nature of the self for an adult human being is to break it down into different levels. So at the lowest level, there's this basic, almost unquestionable experience of just being a living organism,. On top of that, we have emotions and moods. These are key parts of what it is to be a self. And only then do you get to the level of personal identity - where you'd associate a name with plans for the future.
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