"Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time."

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Source : Thomas Nagel (1989). “The View From Nowhere”, p.16, Oxford University Press

Thomas Nagel

#Believe Quotes #Men Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I am a clown, just without the painted smile.”
“In an age in which greed and lust stalk the land like some Biblical plague, it is easy to view sex as just one more thing to be had. It is the mythos of moderns.”
“Fashion as we used to know it doesn't exist. The dress as we know it today-it's dead. The dress has become so short it's really a tunic worn with leggings....Fashion is fantasy, it's a child's game....Now I'm going to be this, and then I'm going to be something else.”
“There are many today who believe that there are people running around this world right now who are performing greater miracles, performing miracles in greater abundance, and actually doing more incredible acts of divine healing than Jesus himself did. I canâ€™t think of any more serious delusion than that...”
“I'd have a sex scene with Whoopi Goldberg or Star Jones.”
“One can paint with two colors, and draw with one. Three, or four at most, have for centuries been enough men.”
“Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.”
“I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing to remember.”

Source : Phoebe Stone (2012). “The Boy on Cinnamon Street”, p.135, Scholastic Inc.

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