Blind to Change, Even as It Stares Us in the Face


	Blind to Change, Even as It Stares Us in the Face

Silkweaver

4-2-2008 7:42 PM

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brain, cognition, peception

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4-3-2008 6:08 AM

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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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