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“Niektóre eksperymenty świadczą głównie o badaczach. Gdy naukowcy nie potrafią zrozumieć myśli lub punktu widzenia zwierzęcia, oznacza to, że wielu ludzi nie jest w stanie zastosować teorii umysłu do istoty niebędącej człowiekiem.”

Book:Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

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Carl Safina

Carl Safina, born in 1955, is a renowned author, marine biologist, and environmental advocate. His work primarily focuses on marine ecology and the relationship between humans and nature, using accessible language to reveal the importance of marine biodiversity and the impact of human activities on marine environments. more

“Consider this - what makes me, ME? I was given that name, I went through certain experiences, I grew up in a certain country, certain era, I have a certain sex, certain mode of thinking. Now assume someone else with the EXACT same life experiences, (Not just similar, but exactly the same moment to moment life experiences from literally the same point of view as I experienced them!), genetic configurations and circumstances as me lives life the same way, would they have a different identity? NO! Because they have seen the exact same configuration and pattern of life that I have! Now, let's assume in addition to the exact same life experiences and genetics, the name given to the "other me" was ALSO the same. Well, there is NO DIFFERENCE left at all now. We are the same person. This is basically what is playing out in the world. We all feel different because of our different life experiences, genetics, eras we have lived in and names given to us. But shatter all of that and there is NO difference between the sense of I in me and the sense of I in You. We become like a Gadget in its factory settings; they are all literally the same. BUT, by sheer probability, no two people, at least in our known reality, will ever have identical life experiences, mental attributes, or physical configurations. This creates the illusion of uniqueness and separateness. But if these differences were nullified, the need for an individual “self” to explain subjective experience would vanish. In short, our sense of SEPARATE Identities is effectively an interpretive illusion: it arises only because each of us experiences life through a distinct set of genetic and experiential filters. Remove those filters, and the illusion of a separate self disappears. There’s no deeper mystery to consciousness—. The “hardest problem” isn’t consciousness itself; it’s shedding the preconceived notions that keep us clinging to the idea of a fixed, mysterious “self.” There is NO SELF.”

Philosophy Metaphysics Neuroscience Theory Of Mind

Book:Nothing/Everything: The Mindbending Philosophical Theory of Everything

Source: Nothing/Everything: The Mindbending Philosophical Theory of Everything

“I see he had his shorts on under the towel all along. I think for a fact that she'd rather he'd of been stark naked under that towel than had on those shorts. She's glaring at those big white whales leaping round on his shorts in pure wordless outrage.”

Mcmurphy Chief Bromden Nurse Ratched

Book:One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

“Okay, stand outa the way. Sometimes when I go to exertin' myself I use up all the air nearby and grown men faint from suffocation. Stand back. There's liable to be crackin' cement and flying steel. Get the women and kids someplace safe. Stand back. . . .”

Mcmurphy

Book:One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest