The video from What Is Mind? that has gotten most views: The Three Illusions of Self - plus a preamble where I ask: what is the right way to talk about self? https://t.co/t5YgvhB6ub
It’s about time the democratic world responded collectively to Trump’s bullying threats - if you let him get Greenland, he’ll be emboldened and go for Canada next. Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, Japan - please - act collectively to preserve a rules-based order.
My latest What Is Mind? conversation is with Philosopher Jay L. Garfield. We discuss Buddhism, Consciousness, Free Will, and how the Illusion of Self entraps us. https://t.co/FhO6yHnusY
@jrfraser68@IamamishTv@platobooktour Our organism. Not denying the organism, just denying that it is governed by a unitary, independent and persistent entity.
@IamamishTv@platobooktour I think the subject-object distinction is an illusion given to us by evolution. It would be impossible to have the implicit contracts of social life without recognition of others - but as Buddha, Hume, and many others have observed, there is no permanent independent entity in us.