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#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is Consciousness a Theory of Mind?

I think we think that consciousness is fundamental and maybe it's not. A bunch of folks criticize the idea that the illusion of consciousness is consciousness. It is just a facade we use to help us construct theories of mind. You almost put yourself in the world as a subjective being. In that experience, you want to richly experience it as an individual person so I could empathize with your experience.

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