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Tamler\\u2019s earlier self committed to doing an episode on Parfit, and David holds his current self to that promise, which shows how unconvinced David was by Parfit\\u2019s skepticism about personal identity. Or something like that. We argue about the value of Parfit\\u2019s sci-fi thought experiments and the implications of believing there\\u2019s no clear sense of \\u201cme.\\u201d Plus, we talk about a recent article on aphantasia \\u2013 the inability to conjure images in your mind \\u2013 and the question that pops into everyone\\u2019s head when they hear about this condition.

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Links:

• Aphantasia - Wikipedia
• Can\'t See Pictures in Your Mind? You\'re Not Alone. - The New York Times
• The Vividness Of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (the \\u201caphantasia Test\\u201d)
• Break Music | Backslide by peez
• How To Be Good | The New Yorker (Profile on Derek Parfit by Larissa MacFarquar)
• Parfit, D. (1971) Personal Identity, The Philosophical Review, 80, 3-27.