Every evening, our eyes tell us the Sun sets, while we know that, in fact, the Earth is turning us away from it. Astronomy taught us centuries ago that common sense is not a reliable guide to reality.
Today, it is neuroscience that is forcing us to re-adjust our intuitions. People naturally believe in the 'ghost in the machine': that we have bodies made of matter, and spirits made of an ethereal something else. Yes, people acknowledge that the brain is involved in mental life. But they still think of it as a kind of 'pocket PC' for the soul, managing information at the behest of a ghostly user.
clipped from www.cosmosmagazine.com
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