The experience of being a self—the experience of being 'you'—is also a controlled hallucination generated by the brain, despite how unified, continuous, and familiar this experience seems

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Anil Seth

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your experience of being a self, the specific experience of being you, is also a controlled hallucination generated by the brain.

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Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality | Anil Seth | TEDTED
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:50:20 PM

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