Conscious Will Is an Illusion

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Anika Harris: Consciousness is used to construct this illusion and convince ourselves that we are in fact deciding our actions. The feeling or conscious experience of feeling like consciousness is the thing that is driving the behavior, she says. "In most cases, free will is an illusion"

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:20) – Free will
(1:00:37) – Consciousness
(1:31:09) – Depression
(1:44:26) – Psychedelics
(1:52:25) – Meditation
(1:56:49) – Ideas
(2:20:35) – AI sentience
(2:37:56) – Suffering
(2:40:53) – Meaning of life