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Join renowned scientists Dr. Heather Berlin and Dr. Christof Koch on the Science of Perception Box, where they delve into the Perception Box—a groundbreaking concept developed by Elizabeth R. Koch, that reveals how our beliefs, biases, and neural wiring shape our reality and define how we...

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The ‘Self’ You Can’t Find with Sam Harris

October 7, 2026

Sam Harris (0:00)

Every time you look for this feeling of self, it disappears.

Elizabeth Koch (0:05)

Hi, I'm Elizabeth Koch. What's a perception box? It's this invisible mental box that each one of us lives inside, built from the material of our beliefs, life experiences, and the meaning we've made out of those experiences. You could think of it as a kind of reality filter that's constantly shaping how we see…

This week, our guest is Sam Harris.

Heather Berlin (1:35)

Christof, I want to ask you, when you look at yourself or you think about yourself, or what you're directly experiencing right now, how does that work in your mind? What does your mind do?

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