How Do You Know When You're Unconscious?

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Your self changes over the lifetime. You only have to read things that you wrote when you were 16 or you can suddenly, you don't recognize. The brain has a whole set of biases to try and reframe and keep that continuity of self all the time. So we generally think of ourselves as a lot smarter than most people, better looking than most people and a better sense of humor. We're all above average, but we can't all be above average.

Is the person you believe to be the protagonist of your life story real or a fictional character? In other words, is your very self real or is it an illusion? According to psychologist Bruce Hood, the person at the center of your life isn't really there; it's all neurological smoke and mirrors. Sure, you have the sensation that you have a self, and that sensation is real, but the beliefs and ideas that spring from it are not. Learn all about it in this episode in which you'll hear some new material mixed with a rebroadcast of episode four's interview with the author of The Self Illusion, Bruce Hood.

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