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The Little Man in the Tower

I myself don't think that our brains do the experiencing, believing, hoping,
feeling, etc. I think that "I" do those things and that I am not my brain. I'm closely
related to my brain; so closely related that damage to my brain prevents from doing
all of these things. But I'm distinct from my brain. What am I? As I see things, I'm
a soul.

Dr. Tom Crisp

Department of Philosophy
The Florida State University

People do not like to be disturbed in their daily routine. People want order, they
want to be in control, they want things to be as they like them to be. They cannot
cope with insecurity and they are afraid of having no answers. They cling to their
material possessions and their social positions. They would lose all this if there
were no external reality. And people are afraid of being alone, of having to deal
with these questions all on their own. They do not trust their own powers of
thinking and they are not free. And they don't know who they really are, they
define themselves by things outside of them.

That's why [they avoid discussing this matter].

Birte Schelling

Department of Philosophy

University of Hamburg

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