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Originally Posted by xxjuicesxx
I took a psychology class that went a little bit into how the brain processes were electric impulses in the brain. It got me thinking about how we are just physical elements combined together. I know this is a common thought I was wondering if anyone can suggest some good books on this topic 'we are just physical elements nothing more' . I just would like to read up I find this very interesting how we give ourselves things such as 'Souls' and other intangable properties, I find it very egotistical of us.
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Of course its egotistical, but that doesn't mean its not true.
We could well be a 'special' case in biology, and its quite obvious we are very different from other species in many ways, and we share even more traits.
Perhaps we are just a naked ape, perhaps something 'better'. I am a evolutionary biologist by training, I can 'see' evolution, how it works, how things diverge, its very facinating. I have been an atheist most of my life, but sometimes when you see just how amazing life is, even when you see how A leads to B and changes to C, D, E, I have to wonder if there is something bigger, some guiding hand.