Dylan Casey

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1,538 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6d ago

Dylan Casey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · Ep. 399: Dan Dennett's Model of Mind (Part One) · 31 Aug 2026 podcast

But he says, if you actually look at the numbers, right? podcast-host

Like light travels faster than sound. podcast-host

So... podcast-host

when you start looking at how things actually work, the brain has to be doing like a time delay. podcast-host

Like it has to sync up like we do at the beginning of this podcast that the listeners probably never hear, but that is so inculcated after 19 years of 17 years of doing this, right? podcast-host

We sync up our audio tracks before we start recording to check out the lag. podcast-host

Apparently the brain does something similar and he's like, podcast-host

Okay, well, if the brain is making its own decisions about timing of the presentation of the so-called experience, you have to question the idea that there is this central point or this finish line at which that everything's crossing over because there's something being done that's actually fucking with the timing of your own experience. podcast-host

I think we can make the point with kind of a less controversial or less confusing kind of example. podcast-host

So ironically, when I was reading that particular section, I'm sitting outside, right, as I do, and I'm focused on my computer, but... podcast-host

In the background is my yard, right? podcast-host

Light, trees, sun, wind, all that stuff, right? podcast-host

So, my eyes are focused on the text on this PDF on my computer. podcast-host

But of course, they're also taking in all this peripheral stuff. podcast-host

But that's not what I'm focused on. podcast-host

So it's almost like that stuff gets washed over me. podcast-host

But what's being retained, what I'm thinking about, what I'm constructing and trying to, you know, is getting retained in memory is the text that I'm reading. podcast-host

And I think Dennett's point here is we take in way more than ultimately we quote unquote use or retain, right? podcast-host

And he says, so, given that that's the case, you know, focus, our choice of how we focus our attention is what determines what quote unquote our consciousness is of, right? podcast-host

Because it's an intentionality. podcast-host

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