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004 - The Self

You Are Not So Smart

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Is Your Self an Illusion?

In your book, you propose that science has uncovered a lot of evidence to suggest our sense of self is an illusion. What do you mean when you say illusion? Well, I think that's probably the first big question that people ask me because there are different connotations of the word illusion. So I'm not saying that there isn't an experience of having a self, but that experience is not what it seems is what I'm arguing.

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