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#264 - Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Problem With Anesthesia Awareness

Some people have this problem of anesthesia awareness, which is every person's worst nightmare. Francisco Varela was getting a liver transplant and experienced some part of it. To experience these moments of complete oblivion during a lifetime, or rather, the edge of the system, I think is a very enlightening kind of experience to have. But we shouldn't worry too much about all the times we're not going to be conscious after we die.

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