"We do not know how the brain generates its thoughts."
However, we do seem to have an assumption that it does. And where does this assumption come from? Ah, another thought! I have always thought that it was thought that generated the brain, frankly. But that is just what I think; let others ponder (and wither) with their notions that, somehow, matter causes mind. It's an old question, and it will remain so--precisely because so many have it backwards.
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"We do not know how the brain generates its thoughts."
However, we do seem to have an assumption that it does....
Edward Williams
Sep 25, 2007 13:48
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