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The mind is the effect, not the cause.


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There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.



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The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.



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There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.



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There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is.



A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.



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