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Chris Niebauer on how neuroscience confirms the Buddhist insight that the self is a construction. The left hemisphere's 'interpreter' creates a narrative of unified selfhood from disconnected brain processes. Understanding this reduces suffering — you stop defending something that doesn't exist.
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Niebauer: the 'self' that suffers is a story constructed by the left hemisphere's interpreter function. Split-brain research proves this — the interpreter confabulates explanations for actions initiated by the right hemisphere, then believes its own stories.
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