The following is a conversation with Anika Harris, author of Conscious, a brief guide to

the fundamental mystery of the mind, and is someone who writes and thinks a lot about

the nature of consciousness and of reality, especially from the perspectives of physics

and neuroscience.

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As a quick side note there's a very loud lawnmower outside of where I'm recording and then lawnmower

is not only outside but it's also inside my mind and it's playing all kinds of games

with my mind and I wonder if you hear it at all and I wonder if it's even real.

I just want to acknowledge the obvious in case you do hear it and also acknowledge the

obvious psychological complexity of talking into a microphone while you're sitting alone

with all the world boiling up all around you in this beautiful chaotic turmoil that defines

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