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
Is the person you believe to be the protagonist of your life story real or a fictional character? In other words, is your very self real or is it an illusion? According to psychologist Bruce Hood, the person at the center of your life isn't really there; it's all neurological smoke and mirrors. Sure, you have the sensation that you have a self, and that sensation is real, but the beliefs and ideas that spring from it are not. Learn all about it in this episode in which you'll hear some new material mixed with a rebroadcast of episode four's interview with the author of The Self Illusion, Bruce Hood.
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