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    <body><![CDATA[the most recent greate astonishing theory about &quot;consciousness&quot; &amp; the &quot;ME&quot; inside! <br/>&amp; its origin! <br/><br/>IF u havnt read this yet,4GET ABOUT THINKING or having a BeLieve or a discussion about religious or spritual or celestial or.. things! <br/>cuz without any shame,WE...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/843470">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book profoundly changed my understanding of the human relationship to the gods and why they fell silent (all of them, read your Old Testament as literature). This dovetails well with the research indicating that humans are hardwired for religion. If there is a weakness it is that this is a work...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57354783">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the most stimulating and important books I've ever encountered by a psychologist.  Although flawed in some important respects, it is profoundly provocative, suggesting areas for further speculation and research not only in psychology, but also in the cultural anthropology of religion...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33583010">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really cool. Really fucking cool. But it stinks of group selectionism. Especially the stuff about how they couldn't deceive each other. How can he say that people can be fully functional without being conscious and then say that we can't hold grudges unless we are? Why can't we hold grudges in our s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19416831">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the first part of the book.  In the introduction the author identifies the reticular formation as a potential &quot;location&quot; for consciousness.  He acknowledges that when activated people and animals regain consciousness.  He then dismisses the possibility that this could be the seat of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11142214">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a sucker for a good crackpot theory... that's the only thing I can really say about why this book is so great.  Jaynes was at Princeton in the 1970s and came up with a theory that is, like Darwin, completely outrageous and nearly untestable.  It is possible that in 100 years, we will look at thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19293420">more...</a>]]></body>
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