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The Default Mode Network: Neuroscience of the Self and Its Dissolution

The OmniSentient Collective Podcast

The OmniSentient Collective Podcast
The Default Mode Network: Neuroscience of the Self and Its Dissolution
Apr 01, 2026 Season 1 Episode 1
Arthur Thomson

What is the self — and what happens when it dissolves? In this episode we explore the Default Mode Network (DMN): the brain's self-referential hub, active when we daydream, ruminate, and construct our sense of identity.

We examine what neuroscience reveals about the self, and what happens when that system goes quiet during meditation, psychedelics, or mystical experience — and what this means for consciousness and AGI alignment.

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