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SwissTony

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8. Actually, Penrose seems to have a liking for stuff that has a whiff of woo about it.
Thu Jul 5, 2012, 12:25 AM
Jul 2012

The contents of that book are

Section I. Cosmology of Consciousness
Section II. Brain and Mind
Section III. What is Consciousness
Section IV. Consciousness and Thought
Section V. The Neuroanatomy of the Unconscious
Section VI. Remote Consciousness
Section VII. Self-Consciousness - Dissociated, Shared, Near Death Consciousness
Section VIII. Dreams, Hallucinations & Altered States of Consciousness
Section IX. Origins & Evolution of Consciousness
Section X. Paleolithic Consciousness: Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon, Spirituality, Sexuality
Section XI. Animal and Artificial Consciousness
Section XII. Quantum Physics and Consciousness
Section XIII. Consciousness and ExtraTerrestrials
Section XIV. Consciousness and the Universe


Apart from Chopra, Descartes, Huxley and Freud seem to have been press-ganged into making a contribution.

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Wisdom on demand [View all] caraher Jun 2012 OP
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For a (small?) challenge... caraher Jun 2012 #2
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I had the same problem caraher Jun 2012 #4
Got 8 out of 10 LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #6
Ha! That is awesome. n/t trotsky Jun 2012 #5
Great stuff! LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #7
Actually, Penrose seems to have a liking for stuff that has a whiff of woo about it. SwissTony Jul 2012 #8
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Wisdom on demand ericburns4 Aug 2012 #11
Perhaps not to your discursive Western mind... caraher Aug 2012 #12
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