Annaka Harris

But the illusion is when we feel like there's something outside of that system that can intervene, that is free, that's somehow free from the physical world.

I can have the thought, yeah, I'm really not crazy about having intellectual back and forth on Twitter.

And then...

feel like I decide to not follow that thought, right?

And the feeling, that's the feeling where the illusion comes in because it really feels as if, sure, my brain

had that original thought, and then I came in and made a different decision.

But of course, the truth is, it was just further brain processing that got me to decide not to go down that path.

I think it goes very deep.

I think it's fundamental.

And I think it probably, some form of feeling like a self goes deep.

as deep as cats and dogs and it's possible.

I mean, if consciousness,

does go down to the level of cells or however far down you want to take it, worms, or I think any, any system that's navigating itself that kind of has boundaries and is navigating itself in the world.

My guess is that it's, it's an intrinsic part of, that's why I imagined that the P tendril would have this feeling.

And so, you know,

We use the word, I think you're right, first of all, that the way we talk about things affects our intuitions about them and how we feel about them.

And so there are other cultures who are more open

to breaking through these illusions than others for sure, just because of their, um, their belief sets, the way they talk.

I mean, I'm sure I don't, I don't, I'm not a linguist and I don't even speak a second language, so I can't, can't speak to it.

But I, you know, if, if there were a language that, um, that framed who we are differently in everyday language, I mean, in our, in our everyday communication, I would think that would have an effect.