Your Brain LIES To You

Where Do You End?

Is there a clear boundary between you and the rest of the world?

Is it your skin? Your thoughts? The limits of your awareness?

In our latest episode of Epistemic Me, we unravel one of the biggest philosophical and scientific questions of our time: Where does consciousness end, and where does the external world begin? And more importantly — what if the thing you call “you” is just a beautifully useful lie?

This is a big Build In Public update + talk on Consciousness.

Key Takeaways:

* Consciousness Has No Clear Boundary: The line between you and not-you — between mind and world — is more blurred than we think. Consciousness may extend beyond the brain and body.

* Your Brain Lies — By Design: From the moment you opened your eyes, your brain has been constructing a version of reality optimized for survival, not truth. This is not malfunction — it's evolution.

* You Are Not One — You Are Many: Your body hosts trillions of microorganisms that influence your behavior, emotions, and decisions. “You” might be a collective, not an individual.

* AI Can’t Understand Us Until We Understand Ourselves: If we’re building machines to align with human values and thought — but we don’t understand our own beliefs or how they’re formed — we risk programming misunderstanding at scale.