The One Question That No Scientist Can Answer - Annaka Harris

They bury this kind of knowledge for a reason. The Obscured Principles book doesn’t just talk about truth—it bleeds with it. I couldn’t sleep the night I finished it. Not because I was scared… but because I finally understood why we’re kept distracted.

Being conscious of your consciousness while trying to understand your consciousness is some inception level shit, and I love it.

Diving straight in with no stupid introductions is the best podcast feature ever. Love it. "You're a smart audience, you know who she is"

Since first encountering the split brain studies I have long considered the possibility that people who have a more difficult time handling their environment and encounters are more fundamentally experiencing the two selves within them clashing in their own individual takes. Could also be the backdrop for why different people feel more introverted or extroverted - do they feel the need to look outside themselves for companionship, or do they already get a satisfactory level of this from within? I think this is a spectrum of existence that we are almost blind to, but that hopefully future science will delve more deeply into.

Hello you beauties. Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Here's the timestamps: 00:00 Most Unsettling Idea About Consciousness 06:04 How Unintuitive Is Consciousness? 09:31 What Does It Mean To Live In The Present Moment? 19:14 Various Ranges Of Consciousness 23:47 Theories Of Consciousness 30:36 Is Consciousness Overrated? 33:00 How Likely Will AI Unveil Insights About Consciousness? 35:59 How Do You Experience Magnetic North? 42:42 Studies Behind Behaviours In Plants 47:26 Current Stance Annaka Is At About Consciousness 53:53 Does Quantum Physics Have Any Relation To Consciousness? 1:00:21 The Future Of Consciousness Research 1:04:07 Where To Find Annaka

She’s great and well thoroughly thought out

The nature of consciousness fascinates me. I work as an anesthesia technician so I've learned a lot of cool stuff about how anesthesia affects consciousness and some weird experiences people have while under its effect. I also wish she would have talked about any information she has about Tulpas. A Tulpa is the concept where a person can intentionally cultivate another entirely separate consciousness that can act within a person's body independently of their own consciousness. What is most interesting about them is that the practice has been found to be useful in patients diagnosed with DID (dissociative identity disorder, formerly multiple personality disorder) in that the tulpa consciousness can exist separately but in tandem with every other consciousness that's acting at the helm and works to transmit information between the multiple personalities that often do not coordinate otherwise, allowing the patient experiencing the disorder to have a more continuous stream of consciousness as the tulpa essentially keeps all personalities up to date on the body's goings on and acting as a sort of director and coordinator. Similarly, tulpa personalities have been found to be useful for people with seizure disorders or disorders where loss of consciousness or physical control of the body can result in physical harm because the tulpa is not subject to the mental events causing the loss of consciousness and reportedly have done things such as take over control of a moving vehicle during such events. Some of the stories about how tulpa's can operate within a person either in tandem with the main consciousness or in place of it are SUPER wild.

I noticed something really strange, that made me think about this: When I can't remember somebody's name (that I know I should know) and I think really hard about it, there is a moment where I know I remember the name with 100% certainty something like one second before I actually become aware of the name. Its like some black box in your brain finds the name somewhere in the long time storage, reports that the name has been found and only then reports the actual name, but the whole process seems to be totally hidden away from consciousness. So for a second it feels like "Ok, I got the name, I just don't know it, yet"

This was one of my favorite discussions you’ve had Chris. Well done!

thanks so much for allowing her to really talk.