The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size (Penguin Press Science)

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Description: As John Casti wrote, "Finally, a book that really does explain consciousness." This groundbreaking work by Denmark's leading science writer draws on psychology, evolutionary biology, information theory, and other disciplines to argue its revolutionary point: that consciousness represents only an infinitesimal fraction of our ability to process information. Although we are unaware of it, our brains sift through and discard billions of pieces of data in order to allow us to understand the world around us. In fact, most of what we call thought is actually the unconscious discarding of information. What our consciousness r ... (more)

Manufacturer: Penguin Books
Release date: 1 August 1999
ISBN-10 : 0140230122 | ISBN-13: 9780140230123

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