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Joscha Bach says novels often simulate conscious experience without the author having undergone the described experience; for example, an author writing about a character dying probably did not die while writing.
Unresolved speaker · Why Leibniz Couldn't Find the Mind Inside the Mill (Joscha Bach) · 2 Nov 2026
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“A novel in, is often a deep fake. When an author writes about how a character is experiencing how to die, right, the author probably didn't die while they wrote this.”1:27:37Report a misattribution
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