The Plausible Bullshit Theory of Human Consciousness

Why Everything You Feel Is a Convincing IllusionAndrew G. Gibson

Length5h 40m

About this audiobook

The Plausible Bullshit Theory of Human Consciousness explores the strange, self-deceiving miracle at the heart of being alive. It argues that consciousness isn’t a light in the skull but a story the brain tells itself—a continuous act of plausible bullshit stitched together from fragments of perception, memory, and imagination. Blending neuroscience, philosophy, and dark humour, Andrew G. Gibson shows how the mind edits reality into coherence, why meaning matters more than truth, and how culture, morality, and identity all emerge from the same narrative machinery. This is not a self-help book—it’s an unapologetically curious dive into why we believe our own fictions, how they evolve, and what happens when the story starts to question its author.

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Audiobook details

GenrePsychology, Philosophy

Length5 hrs 40 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateOct 29, 2025

LanguageEnglish

1The Plausible Bullshit Theory of Human Consciousness

9Chapter Eight: Culture as Collective Bullshit

2Chapter One: Introducing the Plausible Bullshit Theory

10Chapter Nine: The Future of Feeling

3Chapter Two: Brains and Stories

11Chapter Ten: The Mechanical Bullshitters

4Chapter Three: Meme Machines and Magic Charms

12Chapter Eleven: Varieties of Narrative Minds

5Chapter Four: The Algorithmic Unconscious

13Chapter Twelve – The Great Collaboration

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6Chapter Five: When Bullshit Runs Riot

14Chapter Thirteen: The Meaning Machine: (Untitled)

7Chapter Six: The Moral Storyteller

15Chapter Fourteen: How to Bullshit Well

8Chapter Seven: The Meaning Machine

16Conclusion: Living as Conscious Bullshitters

About the author

Andrew G. Gibson

Andrew G. Gibson is a British science fiction author whose work mixes sharp humour, paradox, and raw emotion. His latest novel, The Time Traveller’s User Guide, is a fractured odyssey through parallel histories, alien technologies, and the strange bureaucracy of time itself. Known for inventive storytelling and a unique narrative voice, Gibson explores worlds where memory never updates, love collides with paradox, and every jump through time leaves lasting scars.View all by Andrew G. Gibson