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“The concept of human rights had been invented by people who were thinking only of human beings”
― Memoirs of a Polar Bear
― Memoirs of a Polar Bear
“The popular conception of free will seems to rest on two assumptions: (1) that each of us could have behaved differently than we did in the past, and (2) that we are the conscious source of most of our thoughts and actions in the present.”
― Free Will
― Free Will
“Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something.”
― Jurassic Park
― Jurassic Park
“How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware?”
― Free Will
― Free Will
“I think hunting used to be important for human survival. Thats no longer the case, but they can't stop. A human being, perhaps, is made up of many nonsensical movements. But they've forgotten the movements necessary for life. These humans are manipulated by what remains of their memories.”
― Memoirs of a Polar Bear
― Memoirs of a Polar Bear
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Merle’s 2025 Year in Books
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