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Your Conscious Life Is An Elaborate After-the-fact Rationalization Of Things You Really Do For Other Reasons.
-Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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Your Conscious Life Is An Elaborate After-the-fact
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Your Conscious Life Is An Elaborate After-the-fact Rationalization Of Things You Really Do For Other Reasons.
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