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Jun 2023
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#34 Anil Seth - A New Science of Conscio...

Alex J O'Connor
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Anil Seth is a professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. He is the author of "Being You: A New Science of Consciousness".

Purchase "Being You: A New Science of Consciousness": https://amzn.to/3NgKD53

Anil Seth's website: https://www.anilseth.com/

The Perception Census: https://perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world/

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