#264 — Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)

Sam Harris speaks with Anil Seth about the scientific study of
consciousness, where consciousness emerges in nature, levels of
consciousness, perception as a “controlled hallucination,”
emotion, the experience of “pure consciousness,” consciousness as
“integrated information,” measures of “brain complexity,”
psychedelics, different aspects of the “self,” conscious AI, and
many other topics.


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