Right now, something inside you is reading these words and experiencing them. No one can explain why.

Consciousness doesn't make sense. Sights. Sounds. Smells. Texture. The warmth of love. The sting of sadness. The cold weight of heartbreak. Why do we experience any of it?

Why does it feel like something to be you?

Atoms don't feel. Molecules don't care. Neurons are just electrical signals firing in the dark. And yet somehow, when you put enough of them together, something wakes up. Something that has opinions. Something that falls in love. Something that reads a sentence like this and wonders what it all means.

Why is there a voice in your head? Where does your sense of self come from? How does a single life turn into a continuous story, unfolding through time? And if science can explain nearly everything in the universe, why is the one thing we experience every second of every day still a complete mystery?

This episode explores every level of consciousness. From basic awareness to self-reflection. From the hard problem that has stumped philosophers for centuries to the cutting-edge neuroscience that's getting closer to an answer but might never arrive.

🎧 The deepest mystery isn't out in the universe. It's behind your eyes.

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