What Makes YOU 'You'? The Missing Piece in O'Connor & VSauce

Dr. Joshua Ryan Farris of @soulsciencemin joins Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein as the analyze @CosmicSkeptic 's recent interview with @Vsauce specifically about the "self." What did they miss? What did they get right? What did they get wrong? We break it all down in this episode. Check out full Alex O'Connor and VSauce Interview here: The Clip We Reacted to from that podcast: Join the Team: ➡️ CHAPTERS ⬅️ 00:00 Introduction 03:15 The Growth in Alex O-Connor 06:32 The Elephant in the Room 07:37 Maximum Amputation, Potentialities and the Self 26:50 Does the Self Cease to Exist at the Stop of the Heart or the Brain? 34:11 Losing Memory, is the Self just Awareness? 40:45 Would You Love Me if I Was a Worm? 53:00 The *Necessary* Connection Between Soul and Body 1:03:34 Does Consciousness Simply Equal the Potentiality to Do Things? 1:12:40 Consciousness Is Grounded in Being 1:20:21 Forthcoming Books On This Topic 1:22:59 Concluding Thoughts ➡️ SOCIALS ⬅️ Website: Facebook: Instagram: X: TikTok:

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What Makes YOU 'You'? The Missing Piece in O'Connor & VSauce is an episode from The Freethinking Podcast by Scott Olson.

This episode is 01:24:00 long.

This episode was published on Apr 21, 2026.

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