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To: Heartlander
Indeed, he claims unequivocally, "There is no 'me' inside my brain, there is only an ever-changing set of brain states, a distillation of history, emotion, instinct, experience, and the influence of other people -- not to mention chance."
Let me swat the good doctor on the knees with a hammer a few times. Perhaps his impression of himself as an ever changing set of brain states will assume a more coherent, more continuous character. Perhaps he will even discover evidence of a "me" inside of him--as in, STOP HURTING ME!
5 posted on 06/02/2003 1:57:38 PM PDT by Asclepius (as above, so below)
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To: Van Jenerette
...for Sociology class.
8 posted on 06/02/2003 2:06:30 PM PDT by Van Jenerette (Our Republic...If We Can Keep It!)
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