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RANDOLPH NESSE, M.D. Psychiatrist, University of Michigan; Coauthor, Why We Get Sick I can't prove it, but I am pretty sure that people gain a selective advantage from believing in things they can't prove. I am dead serious about this. People who are sometimes consumed by false... more
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Rated by jfriedberg on Aug 07 2009, 11:47pm
Unique
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Reviewed by katastrophy67 on Dec 26 2008, 12:13am
Interesting site..
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Rated by prometheusarisen on Nov 28 2008, 12:52pm
"If, as one sometimes cannot resist doing, I permit myself the license of ignorance, which in these matters is our lot, and the vehicle of myth or likely imagination, which Plato allowed for, I am tempted to thoughts like these." - Jonas
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Rated by rosetopal on Nov 16 2008, 10:03pm
Fabulous info, least I am not the only one falling of the planet with what ifs. Proves the point of seek first to understand I think. will spend time here.
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Rated by GreatDestroyer on Oct 05 2008, 4:20pm
From the page: "What I believe but cannot prove is that no part of my consciousness will survive my death. I exclude the fact that I will linger, fadingly, in the thoughts of others, or that aspects of my consciousness will survive in writing, or in the positioning of a planted tree or a dent in my old car. I suspect that many contributors to Edge will take this premise as a givenâ€"true but not significant. However, it divides the world crucially, and much damage has been done to thought as well as to persons, by those who are certain that there is a life, a better, more important life, elsewhere. That this span is brief, that consciousness is an accidental gift of blind processes, makes our existence all the more precious and our responsibilities for it all the more profound." - Ian McEwan
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Rated by O-Ren-Ishii on Sep 29 2008, 4:26pm
One's beliefs are ALWAYS true to the holder of the belief(s). A belief is exactly that - a belief, an opinion - how can anyone prove or refute it? And like everything else in life, beliefs can also change as one's experience changes. They're just observations we make along the way to derive meaning out of this wonderful mystery we're all a part of.
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Rated by russellN on Jan 09 2008, 11:02pm
Edge annual questionairre
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Rated by Stumblupon on Dec 12 2007, 4:49pm
give me a big big big big smile!!
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Rated by mobyt on Nov 27 2007, 4:16am
The Edge Annual Question.
