How Our Minds Predict Our Reality - Anil Seth

In this episode of the Mind & Life podcast, host Wendy Hasenkamp speaks with Anil Seth as they explore the idea of the brain as a prediction machine, how perception is a kind of “controlled” hallucination, the self as a construction, and implications for psychiatric disorders, connections between this view of the mind and Buddhist ideas, how these views might inform our subjective experience, and the important role of the body in perception.

Reviews

Interesting

I have so much info in my brain right now I think it might explode! Will come back to listen again and again until I feel better informed about myself and others. For some reason I was reminded of “A Course In Miracles” which changed my life path thirty years ago. Thank you so much. 🙏🏼🕊

I would like a second or third listening for a deeper listening and reflection.
Thoughtful intersection of psychology and Buddhism.

An interesting talk. Thank you 😊

I found this discussion fascinating. Such an interesting subject and such a knowledgeable and engaging speaker. I find it very helpful to have some scientific input, especially when it is made as accessible as it is here. With gratitude.