Social Neuroscience and the Soul’s Last Stand
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“Eventually, as brain imaging is refined, the picture may become as clear and complete as those see-through exhibitions, at auto shows, of the inner workings of the internal combustion engine. At that point it may become obvious to everyone that all we are looking at is a piece of machinery, an analog chemical computer, that processes information from the environment. ‘All,’ since you can look and look and you will not find any ghostly self inside, or any mind, or any soul.” --Tom Wolfe, “Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died” Forbes, 1996
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