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A paradigm is how we see and how we understand the world, our role in it, and how we understand the roles of others. The user illusion he does eventually get around the fascinating idea in the title which i think is the most uptodate metaphor for the nature of consciousness. We can veto the action but we cannot stop the thought. It was published by penguin books and has a total of 480 pages in the book. Cutting consciousness down to size penguin press science norretranders, tor on.
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