# You Just Tapped Here

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Podcast: [artificially aware](https://stenobird.com/podcast/artificially-aware-7276027)
Published: 2026-07-18T16:30:00+00:00
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Your brain satisfies it 350 milliseconds before you "decided" to click this video. The feeling of choosing came after. Welcome to the user illusion. Watch this episode next: Journey Out of the Illusion [Part 1] Your senses process 11 million bits per second. Only 16 reach conscious awareness. That's a compression ratio of 700,000 to 1. Your conscious mind experiences 0.00015% of reality. This video is about what happens to the other 99.99985%—and why the "you" that thinks it's in charge... isn't. Based on Tor Nørretranders' synthesis of decades of research in physics, neuroscience, and information theory—from Maxwell's demon to Benjamin Libet's disturbing experiments on the timing of conscious decisions. 0:00 Intro 4:19 The Demon's Problem 8:52 Exformation 12:22 The Bandwidth of Consciousness 19:24 The Half-Second Delay 28:53 The I and the Me 32:31 The User Illusion 37:50 Trusting the Me What have you been trusting the I to handle that really belongs to the Me? Drop it in the comments. #consciousness #neuroscience #freewill #perception #theuserillusion #mindblown #brain #psychology #philosophy #science #selfdevelopment #libet #cognitivescience #reality #awareness Become a member of this channel to enjoy benefits: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6gJYYFDueIzAk_Jn6SmZw/join ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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