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Exploring our sense of self through meditation and psychedelics
09:03 - 17:11 (08:07)
In this episode, the speaker discusses how we tend to view ourselves as separate from our consciousness, but through meditation and psychedelics, we can explore and expand our understanding of our sense of self.
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The default state of our mind is to feel identical to the stream of thought, which makes it paradoxical to be identical to the next piece of language or image that comes into consciousness.
09:03 - 11:15 (02:11)
Summary
The default state of our mind is to feel identical to the stream of thought, which makes it paradoxical to be identical to the next piece of language or image that comes into consciousness.
ChapterExploring our sense of self through meditation and psychedelics
Episode#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The use of psychedelics can allow individuals to explore consciousness in a way that opens the mind to new directions and extents.
11:15 - 14:35 (03:20)
Summary
The use of psychedelics can allow individuals to explore consciousness in a way that opens the mind to new directions and extents. It provides a unique perspective on introspective and cognitive differentiation, allowing access to root thoughts beyond the surface level of subjective experience.
ChapterExploring our sense of self through meditation and psychedelics
Episode#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The emergence of consciousness in artificial intelligence poses a problem as we may not fully understand how it emerges in physics and could wrongly attribute consciousness to machines that only seem conscious, but are not.
14:36 - 17:11 (02:34)
Summary
The emergence of consciousness in artificial intelligence poses a problem as we may not fully understand how it emerges in physics and could wrongly attribute consciousness to machines that only seem conscious, but are not.