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“De Bono argues that the West's tradition of settling disagreement by debate or argument is an example of overreliance on logic.”

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Book:Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't

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“The Fiddle Creek Steakhouse [in Stephenville, TX] started selling what they called an 'Alien Secretion' shot: ¾ shot of Malibu rum, ¾ shot of melon or Midori liqueur, ½ ounce of sweet and sour mix, ½ ounce of pineapple juice.”

Recipe Shot Cocktail 2011 2008 Ufos

Book:Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't

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“Frank White, who literally wrote the book on the overview effect, is also part of the Overview Institute. And he thinks of space travel largely as Mitchell does—an evolutionary step. "If fish could think at our level of intelligence," White said, "back before humanity existed, and some fish were starting to venture up on land, a lot of them would be saying, just as we do now about space: 'Why would we want to go there? What's the point?' And they'd have literally no idea of what venturing onto land was going to mean".”

Evolution Space Exploration 2011 Overview Effect

Book:Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't

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“At one conference Hameroff told Dennett, publicly, "You know, Dan, maybe the reason you like this [mechanistic] idea is because you're a zombie. And maybe the reason I see things differently is because, I'm not." Hameroff told me he was half-joking. But Dennett took offense. "I wound up apologizing," says Hameroff. "I guess he only likes the idea of being a zombie if we're all zombies.”

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Book:Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't

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