In episode one, we talked about an open secret.

Scientists have no clue how a brain could create consciousness.

Again, when I say consciousness, I mean that sense of awareness and experiencing that we all have at this very instant.

Larry Dassey, MD, a well-known author and consciousness researcher,

summarized what's known as the hard problem of consciousness in one sentence.

Currently, there is no known hypothesis that can explain how a brain could in fact make consciousness.

Bingo. But we know that the brain has some

relationship with consciousness. The field of neuroscience has taught us that when you

change the brain, your conscious experience changes with it. But remember, just

because two things are related doesn't necessarily mean that one causes the other.

That's the key point.

Today, we're going one step further than that.

The brain is a paradox.

It's obviously playing a role in how we experience the world around us.

Most of neuroscience argues that the brain is creating a consciousness.

But on the show, what we're saying instead is that the brain is a

vehicle that processes or interprets consciousness from outside the body. The brain is not producing

consciousness. Throughout the series, you'll hear us use a bunch of different analogies to

explain the relationship between the brain and consciousness.

Some are more precise than others, and we aren't claiming that any are perfect, but they are starting points.

They all have one key commonality. They help us view consciousness as something that's beyond the brain, and that's the critical point.

Let's start with a really basic analogy. Imagine that your brain is an iPhone.

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