Annaka Harris
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1,467 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard Oct 2022
last heard Apr 2025
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But I actually see a lot of the neuroscience presenting us
with truths that are going to be difficult for us to accept.
And I actually think there are really positive ways to view these truths that we're uncovering.
And even though they can be initially kind of jarring and even destabilizing and creepy, I think ultimately there's actually a lot
it can have a positive effect on human psychology and a whole range of things that I and others have experienced and that I think it's important for us to talk about because you can't hide from the truth, especially in science, right?
Like it just, it will reveal itself.
And if this is true, I think not only
for better understanding the universe and nature, which is kind of my primary passion.
It's important for us to...
absorb these facts and realize that they don't, it doesn't necessarily take away the things from us that we fear.
You know, I've heard people say, as was talked about, it's a common point to make or question to ask a scientist, can you still, you know, enjoy chocolate if you're a molecular biologist?
And is there a molecular biologist that would be the one who would understand how we experience chocolate?
I have the wrong sign.
But anyway, if you're focused on the details of the underlying nature of reality, does that take...
the joy and the pleasure and, for lack of a better word, spirituality out of our experience as human beings.
And I actually think for these illusions like free will and self, the reverse is true.
I actually think they can give us, they are reasons and bases for
feeling more connected to each other and to the universe, for spiritual experiences, for even just on a more basic level for increasing our wellbeing, just in terms of our psychology of lowering rates of depression and anxiety.
And I actually think these realizations can be extremely helpful to people.
Well, and people were worried about how that would affect society.
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