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Interlude LIII: The Illusion of the Self - Narrative Identity, Default Mode Network, and the Constructed Mind
What if the “self” you trust most is not something you are, but something your brain is doing?
In this intellectually rigorous interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores one of the most provocative claims in contemporary neuroscience and philosophy: that the self may not be a fixed entity, but a continuously generated model.
Drawing on the work of philosopher Thomas Metzinger and neuroscientist Judson Brewer, this episode examines how narrative identity is constructed through the brain’s Default Mode Network, the system responsible for self-referential thinking, memory…
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