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EP 178 Anil Seth on A New Science of Consciousness

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Is the Self Hackable?

Is the self an actual, reified thing or is it an ad hoc collection of what happens to be going on at the moment? I think it supports that second position reasonably well. And in the book, actually go into this in a bit more depth because there are actually very good reasons why this might be the case. We could have a form of self change blindness - our perception of ourselves might change but we do not perceive that change happening. This has profound implications for how we think about the end of life and aging.

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