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Three a week: Self

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Steve

Three questions about you: Question 1: What are you? Simple. Are you simply your physical body? If so, if you lose a limb, has your self-identity fundamentally changed? Is a double amputee less of a “self”? Certainly in a physical … Continue reading →

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Three a week: the brain

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Steve

It is foolish to dismiss the novelty of the most complex 3 pounds of matter in the knownuniverse: the human brain. Three questions to use that brain to think about: Question 1: Where is the theater? In other words, we … Continue reading →

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