Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Wonder

We all woke up this morning and we had with it
the amazing return of our conscious mind.
We recovered minds with a complete sense of self
and a complete sense of our own existence —
yet we hardly ever pause to consider this wonder.

    Antonio Damasio, Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain

 

 

 

 

 

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