consciousness is not unique in humans


	consciousness is not unique in humans

Lexica

5-5-2008 12:54 PM

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5-5-2008 6:54 PM

Antara

SO TRUE!

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Consciousness and self-awareness might be special gifts in apes and human, but people seem to have a hard time accepting these gifts.
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In fact, we spend most of the day trying to get away from all that consciousness and self-awareness. We cloud our minds with memories of the past or fantasies of the future.  We focus not on what is right in front of our faces, but fritter those thoughts away.
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We daydream while making dinner.  We listen to the radio while stuck in traffic. We drink, <A href="http://www.livescience.com/technology/ap_050719_video_games.html">take drugs</A>, read books and watch movies, all ways to push consciousness and self-awareness to the side.
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Our species likes best to be dizzy, distracted, buzzed and totally out of our minds.
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