The conscious events that we are aware of are physical events in their own right, just as much as the brain events observed in the lab by researchers. If we allow the mental its own existence as a category disjoint from the physical, we will never be able to get it back in.
In your daily life, you make dozens of chooses between an alternative with higher overall value and a more tempting but ultimately inferior option.
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In your daily life, you make dozens of chooses between an alternative with higher overall value and a more tempting but ultimately inferior option.
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