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Daniel Dennett - Where Am I?
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Daniel Dennett - Where Am I?

Are we the body, the brain, or something else?

This short story entitled Where Am I? by philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett really made my head spin. It is the fascinating tale of a fictional character whose brain and body are separated by radio transmitters. So many questions and scenarios are played out and examined by Dennett in this story. Are we the body? Are we the brain? Are we just the point of view that comes from experience happening thru the body?

There are no easy answers to these questions, but this was a really fun story and will hopefully give you as much to think about as it did me.

Picture of a bearded philosopher in a lab contemplating a brain in a vat with a large computer in the background

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Headless Deep Dive
Headless Deep Dive Podcast
Exploring the intersection of the Headless Way with the worlds of Philosophy, Science, and Religion. I like to use Artificial Intelligence to reflect back to us what humanity looks like from another point of view. This podcast is a feed of the Deep Dive podcast generated by Google's Notebook LM customized with handpicked content just for the Headless Deep dive audience.