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054 - The Self - Bruce Hood (rebroadcast)

You Are Not So Smart

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The Science of Perception

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. We know this really is true because if you think about other kinds of illusions such as visual illusions and we can measure two lines that look different and show them in fact same or vice versa.

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