BS 212 Thomas Metzinger on "The Ego Tunnel" (Encore)

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Ginger Campbell, MD

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4.8 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This month's episode of Brain Science features Thomas Metzinger, author of "The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self." Metzinger is a philosopher with a longstanding interest in Philosophy of Mind with a focus on incorporating the findings of neuroscience. We discuss the implications of the discovery that consciousness is a biological process generated by the interaction of the brain, body, and external world. Metzinger also emphasized the importance of considering altered states including dreaming, out of body experiences, and even virtual reality.

Links and References:

The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self, by Thomas Metzinger.
Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity, by Thomas Metzinger.
Blanke, et al., "Stimulating Illusory Own-Body Perceptions," Nature, 419:269-270 (2002)
O. Blanke & T. Metzinger,"Full-Body Illusion and Minimal Phenomenal Selfhood," Trends in Cognitive Neuroscience 13(1):7-13 (2009).
T. Metzinger, "Out of Body Experiences as the Origin of the Concept of a 'Soul,'" Mind and Matter 3(1):57-84 (2005)
Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out of Body Experiences by Susan Blackmore
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0:00.0	Welcome to Brain Science, the podcast that explores how recent discoveries in neuroscience are unraveling the mystery of how our brain makes us human.
0:08.5	This is episode 212 and I'm your host Dr. Ginger Campbell. Before I tell you about today's episode, I'm your host Dr. Ginger Campbell.
0:13.0	Before I tell you about today's episode,
0:15.0	I want to remind you that you can find complete show notes
0:18.0	and episode transcripts at brainscience podcast.com
0:21.0	and you can send me feedback at brain science podcast at gmail.com.
0:26.0	Today I am sharing an interview with Thomas Metzinger, author of The Ego Tunnel.
0:32.0	This episode was extremely popular when author of The Ego Tunnel.
0:32.8	This episode was extremely popular when it was originally released back in 2010.
0:38.6	And I've been looking for an opportunity to replay it, and I chose this month because it will get you ready for next
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