The speaker explores how investigating the science of self has influenced their own sense of self, drawing parallels with philosophies from Buddhism and Hinduism. They discuss the implications of attaching oneself to a constructed sense of self and highlight the reinforcement of their perspective through neuroscientific evidence.
Scientists and philosophers have been perplexed by our sense of the self for millennia. Now, by investigating neurological conditions which disrupt the self—such as body identity disorder, schizophrenia, and the doppelganger effect—neuroscience is finding new clues.