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Language and the Natural World
According to linguistic anthropologists Homo sapiens developed a capacity for language between 100,000 and 30,000 years ago. Opinions will vary as to how the capacity developed but it seems likely that it was the result of an ongoing evolutionary process … Continue reading
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On The Nature of Consciousness
Somehow, our consciousness is the reason the universe is here. (Sir Roger Penrose) So, what is consciousness? Consciousness is a way of being in the world that appears to go beyond any known physical properties in the material universe, … Continue reading
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Tagged consciousness, cosmos, evolution, Existence, laws of physics, life-forms, organism, reality, self-preservation
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Creatures of Flesh and Blood
So, yes, that is what we are, basically – but am I alone in thinking that this is little more than arrangement that happens to work for the moment, insofar this appears to be a somewhat hastily coddled together assembly … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, consciousness, evolution, human body
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