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Lex Fridman PodcastAnnaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #326
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- Released
- October 5, 2022
- Duration
- 2h 39m
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Annaka Harris is the author of Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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- What Is Time?: http://nautil.us/what-is-time-238478
- A Solution to the Combination Problem: http://annakaharris.com/the-future-of-panpsychism
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Annaka Harris and Lex Fridman, Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #326 explores Annaka Harris Dissects Free Will, Consciousness, and Reality’s Deep Illusions Annaka Harris joins Lex Fridman to argue that what we usually call "free will"—the sense that a separate, conscious self initiates decisions—is largely an illusion constructed after unconscious brain processes. She distinguishes between a real but fully physical decision-making process in the brain and the misleading feeling of a conscious will that stands outside causality. From there, they explore how breaking intuitions drives scientific progress in consciousness and physics, including panpsychism and the possibility that consciousness is fundamental to reality. The conversation also covers meditation, psychedelics, mental health, and how seeing through the illusion of self might reduce suffering and deepen meaning.
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