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The mysterious world of human consciousness

Philip Pullman says our consciousness comes not just from neurons in our brains

The Book of the Year, according to Waterstones, is Philip Pullman's La Belle Sauvage: the Book of Dust Volume One.

One of the central themes of the book is human consciousness and Philip Pullman's contention that it comes not just from neurons firing in our brains but is something present throughout our body.

He is challenged in this podcast by neuroscientist and psychologist Professor Barbara Sahakian.

(Photo: Abstract arrangement of a human profile. Credit: Getty Images)

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