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Darwin’s Dilemma: The Soul

There is actually no
color in the space we
perceive as “the out-
side.” The movements
of photons we per-
ceive as light and color
are nothing more than
perceptual phenome-
na created in a pitch-
black environment.

colors is entirely deceptive. The reflected photons we interpret as
light or color are nothing more than physical events taking place in
complete darkness. Our entire bodies, including our eyes, and the
whole material world we see as a three-dimensional, brightly col-
ored sphere, are actually contained within the brain, which alone
interprets what we see in this way. However, the interesting thing
is that the eye that perceives all this and the brain that interprets it
are also in complete darkness. Light and color do not exist in the
brain that interprets them.
Daniel C. Dennett, a professor of philosophy from Tufts
University, has conducted countless experiments into con-
sciousness and the brain. He summarizes the position:

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