Some people worry that to say we are nothing but matter is to deny that we think or feel. It's not. The strange fact is that, when suitably arranged, matter thinks and feels. (Steve Stewart-Williams)

Some people worry that to say we are nothing but matter is to deny that we think or feel. It's not. The strange fact is that, when suitably arranged, matter thinks and feels.

Steve Stewart-Williams

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