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BS 212 Thomas Metzinger on "The Ego Tunnel" (Encore)

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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The Notion of Self as a Process

The speaker argues that the self is not a tangible entity but a process that emerges when the system activates a conscious image of itself. They discuss different states of consciousness and how the self differs in each state. They also emphasize the importance of studying phenomena like out-of-body experiences and psychiatric disorders to understand consciousness.

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