EFR 968: How to Improve Motivation, The Neuroscience of Identity and Free Will, and Proof We Live in a Simulation with Dr. Masud Husain

Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning · Oct 12, 2026 · 1h 35m

What if the person you believe yourself to be—your personality, your memories, your motivation, even your perception of reality—is far less fixed than you think? In this episode, I sit down with Oxford neurologist and cognitive neuroscientist Professor Masud Husain for one of the most fascinating explorations I've had into what actually makes us who we are. We unpack how the brain constructs our sense of self, why what we experience as "reality" is actually a representation created by the brain, and what patients with neurological disorders can teach us about just how fragile identity can be…