# Anil Seth - How Our Minds Predict Our Reality

An episode of [Mind & Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504112670), 13 May 2020, 1 h 04 min.

Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/1yrdli/AnilSeth_051220_AIR4.mp3

In this episode, Wendy speaks with cognitive scientist Anil Seth about his work on consciousness and the mind. They discuss: • the idea of the brain as a prediction machine; • how perception is a kind of "controlled" hallucination; • the self as a construction and implications for psychiatric disorders; • connections between this view of the mind and Buddhist ideas; • how these views might inform our subjective experience; • the important role of the body in perception; • the connection between life and mind (and Anil's views on panpsychism); • emotions as prediction and interoception; • the question of free will; • communicating science to a public audience, and other topics. Full show notes and resources

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