Highlights: #190 – Eric Schwitzgebel On Whether The US Is Conscious 80k After Hours podcast

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Highlights: #190 – Eric Schwitzgebel on whether the US is conscious

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This is a selection of highlights from episode #190 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:

Eric Schwitzgebel on whether the US is conscious

And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.

Chapters:

Luisa’s intro (00:00:00)
Can consciousness be nested? (00:00:18)
Are our intuitions useless for thinking about these things? (00:05:45)
Do small differences rule out consciousness? (00:09:43)
Overlapping consciousnesses (00:13:26)
Are we dreaming right now? (00:17:21)

Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong

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