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Memory Not Multiple Streams Explains Unity of Self

Rather than thinking of the brain as containing multiple streams of consciousness, it is more useful to think about memory — how different conscious experiences get tied together through time; the sense of being a single concrete entity moving through time is false, as each moment is a new conscious experience affected by previous ones through memory.

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Speaker

Annaka Harris

Evidence Quote

“each moment is a new moment... this new conscious experience is being generated a new now and it's been affected by previous experiences through memory”

Source

404 - What If Consciousness Is Fundamental— Making Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 1:48:39 AM

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