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The generally valuable tendency to conform, not to break ranks conspicuously, not to attract attention to oneself, and to

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 The generally valuable tendency to conform, not to break ranks conspicuously, not to attract attention to oneself, and to

Dec 03,2021

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Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly

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 Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly

May 06,2021

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Everyone acknowledges that there are vast amounts we do not know, and that enormous opportunities for progress in

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 Everyone acknowledges that there are vast amounts we do not know, and that enormous opportunities for progress in

Feb 06,2021

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The existence of conscious minds and their access to the evident truth of ethics and mathematics are among the data that

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 The existence of conscious minds and their access to the evident truth of ethics and mathematics are among the data that

Jan 07,2021

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The existence of consciousness is both one of the most familiar and one of the most astounding things about the world.

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 The existence of consciousness is both one of the most familiar and one of the most astounding things about the world.

Nov 07,2020

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