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#475 — The Hard Problem of Consciousness
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:25:52
Publish Date: 2026-05-12 17:30:00
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Sam Harris speaks with Michael Pollan about consciousness, the mind, and the self. They discuss Pollan's new book, the relationship between consciousness and intelligence, whether consciousness is a product of evolution, the role of psychedelics in consciousness research, AI and the question of machine consciousness, the illusion of the self, and other topics.

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