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#96 — The Nature of Consciousness

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September 10, 2017

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Episode 96 · September 10, 2017

#96 — The Nature of Consciousness

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#96 — The Nature of Consciousness

Sep 10, 2017·Ep 96

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Sep 21, 2017·Ep 98

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Nov 9, 2017·Ep 103

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Nov 20, 2017·Ep 105

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#108 — Defending the Experts

Dec 14, 2017·Ep 108

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#109— Biology and Culture

Dec 19, 2017·Ep 109

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Summary

<p>Sam Harris speaks with Thomas Metzinger about the scientific and experiential understanding of consciousness. They also talk about the significance of WWII for the history of ideas, the role of intuition in science, the ethics of building conscious AI, the self as an hallucination, how we identify with our thoughts, attention as the root of the feeling of self, the place of Eastern philosophy in Western science, and the limitations of secular humanism.</p> <p>If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.</p>

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