I have just about finished reading another book on my list of non-mysterian explainations of the most amazing things: The Language Instinct by Stephen Pinker. Our minds are so powerful and flexible not because they are born blank but rather because they come with a rich set of instincts and learning processes built in.
Even conciousness, everyone's favorite mystery, lives here in the physical world. As Daniel Dennett puts it, "The mind is what the brain does." So it was with great pleasure that I read this from my favorite official religionist:
James Ford I love you almost as much as I love Jesus
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