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Darwin’s Dilemma: The Soul

measured by a precise device at that moment, complete silence
would be found to be prevailing there.
As is the case with imagery, decades of effort have been spent
in trying to generate and reproduce sound that is faithful to the
original. The results of these efforts are sound recorders, high-fi-
delity systems, and systems for sensing sound. Despite all of this
technology and the thousands of engineers and experts who have
been working on this endeavor, no sound has yet been obtained
that has the same sharpness and clarity as the sound perceived by
the ear. Think of the highest-quality hi-fi systems produced by the
largest company in the music industry. Even in these devices,
when sound is recorded some of it is lost; or when you turn on a
hi-fi you always hear a hissing sound before the music starts.
However, the sounds that are the products of the human body's
technology are extremely sharp and clear. A human ear never per-
ceives a sound accompanied by a hissing sound or with atmos-
pherics as does a hi-fi; rather, it perceives sound exactly as it is,
sharp and clear. This is the way it has been since the creation of
man.
So far, no man-made visual or recording apparatus has been
as sensitive and successful in perceiving sensory data as are the eye
and the ear. However, as far as seeing and hearing are concerned,
a far greater truth lies beyond all this.

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Who watches an alluring world in the brain, listens to sym-
phonies and the twittering of birds, and smells the rose?
The stimulations coming from a person's eyes, ears, and
nose travel to the brain as electro-chemical nerve impulses. In bi-
ology, physiology, and biochemistry books, you can find
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