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Considering the sheer impossibility of doing that in a fully satisfying way, blackmore did quite a good job at it. What the best minds think about the brain, free will, and what it means to be human,ten zen questions,the meme machine popular science, and consciousness. It examines why the term consciousness has no recognised definition and provides an opportunity to delve into. The book examines topics such as how subjective experiences arise from objective brain. Susan blackmore is a freelance writer, lecturer, and a visiting professor at the university of the plymouth.
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