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#96 — The Nature of Consciousness

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Intuition of Consciousness

We have to think about intuitions a little bit. They have a long evolutionary history. If i have an intuition that an explanation is satisfactory, it is itself a kind of conscious experience. But could we ever be intuitively satisfied? Our theory of consciousness will also tell us what her self isand what a firstperson perspective is. And that is something we will not be able to ever grasp intuitivelyWhat does it feel like to be the bad? I mean, to hear the echo of your own altrasonic er calls? Is it like hearing, i've heard people say, no, it's the dominant morality for the bat. It's for the bat, it's like seeing

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