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“Why do certain configurations of matter cause that matter to light up with awareness”
― Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
― Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
“People lie so that others will form beliefs that are not true. The more consequential the beliefs—that is, the more a person’s well-being demands a correct understanding of the world or of other people’s opinions—the more consequential the lie.”
― Lying
― Lying
“How could something appear out of nothing?3 Likewise, how does felt experience arise out of nonsentient matter?”
― Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
― Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
“it is in believing one thing while intending to communicate another that every lie is born.”
― Lying
― Lying
“Among the many paradoxes of human life, this is perhaps the most peculiar and consequential: We often behave in ways that are guaranteed to make us unhappy.”
― Lying
― Lying
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