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#147 What is PURE Consciousness? - Thomas Metzinger

3/18/20262 hr 3 min

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Thomas Metzinger is a German philosopher and Professor Emeritus of theoretical philosophy at the University of Mainz. His primary research areas include philosophy of mind, philosophy of neuroscience, and applied ethics, particularly focusing on neurotechnology, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence.

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Clips

Consciousness From The Brainstem
Psychedelics Meet Pure Awareness
Witnessing Sleep, Remembered
Maybe I Should Stop Meditating
Are Goals Just Hallucinations?
Designing Safe Psychedelic Spaces
The Fridge Light Fallacy
The Self As Mouse Pointer
What Makes A Good State?
Skeptical On Ketamine Therapy

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First 90 seconds

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  2. Speaker 20:25

    At first, I didn't think it was real. I woke up to this blinding light, and I was transported to another place. Pluto TV. Then I heard a voice.

  3. Thomas Metzinger· Guest0:37

    Come with me if you want to live.

  4. Speaker 20:39

    There were thousands of movies and shows, and they were all free.

  5. Thomas Metzinger· Guest0:42

    The truth is out there.

  6. Speaker 20:44

    It's just so beautiful.

  7. Speaker 40:45

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  8. Alex O'Connor· Host0:56

    Thomas Metzinger, welcome to the show.

  9. Thomas Metzinger· Guest0:59

    Thanks for inviting me.

  10. Alex O'Connor· Host1:00

    What is the Minimal Phenomenal Experience project?

  11. Thomas Metzinger· Guest1:06

    Well, it-- I could give you a slightly longer history of it- [chuckles] ...um, that starts with a paper in two thousand and nine in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, where we did these experiments where we tried, uh, to have subjects identify themselves with an avatar, seeing their own body from

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