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#96 — The Nature of Consciousness

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Is the Self an Illusion?

Begetfulsom you raisete the topic of the self, which is another thing that people find inscrutable. We want to distinguish between the whole person and et. Most people are walking around with a sense that they have a self inside their heads. But this sense of selfhood is only partly a sensory experience. Of course, it is grounded in what i call the introceptive self model. All these are important layers. But we have this robust a misrepresentation of trans temporal identity. I don'tknow if you have any significant experience with meditation or psychodalec but ianomi has gone down that path as well. If you'd like to continue listening to

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