September 6, 2025 | SEASON I, EPISODE VII
How do advances in neuroscience disrupt our intuitive notions of the self? Thomas Metzinger’s The Ego Tunnel brings together philosophy and the science of the brain to offers a novel redefinition of what it means to be an individual in the world. Direct brain manipulation, psychopharmacology, induced out-of-body experiences—all of these pose new political and philosophical challenges for humanity.
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