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054 - The Self - Bruce Hood (rebroadcast)

You Are Not So Smart

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Do You Have a Hamster Study?

In the book you talk about looking at mirror and moving your eyes from side to side. You're unable to see the motion, but if you look at another person and ask them to do the same thing, you will be able to see themotion. So you should ask yourself, why is my brain editing that out? Exactly. It's very creepy, isn't it? And to focus on their left eye, then focus on the right eye, and they move backwards and forwards. But yes, the brain has to do that because otherwise you get seasick. If you imagine that you could create a machine which could copy you down to the individual molecule and atom, would this individual have

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