About the book: 2023 / What does it mean to “be yourself” - that is, to have a conscious perception of the world around you and yourself in it? It is difficult to imagine a more fascinating and intractable question. Humanity is accustomed to considering the nature of consciousness as a subject of predominantly philosophical debate, but modern science is already building convincing biological theories that explain the existence of the “I.” In his book, neurobiology professor Anil Seth opens a window into our consciousness and puts forward a radical new theory, according to which we do not perceive the world objectively - as it really is - but continuously build it in forecasts and correct forecast errors every microsecond. Challenging our ideas about perception and reality, Anil Seth's theory plays the same role for neuroscience as Dawkins' theory played for evolutionary biology..