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Author: Tim TylerTim Tyler Date: Mar 31, 2008 00:52
Sir Frederick wrote:
> Hubris R US :
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> http://www.edge.org/q2005/q05_10.html
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> NICHOLAS HUMPHREY
> Psychologist, London School of Economics; Author, The Mind Made Flesh
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> I believe that human consciousness is a conjuring trick,
> designed to fool us into thinking we are in the presence of an
> inexplicable mystery. Who is the conjuror and why is s/he doing
> it? The conjuror is natural selection, and the purpose has been to
> bolster human self-confidence and self-importance-so as to increase
> the value we each place on our own and others' lives.
Humphrey, whose views I agree with, also wrote a book called "Seeing Red".
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