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What does it mean to actually "think"? How often do we do it?
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DisneyNature's documentary Oceans doesn't gloss over killing and eating its presentation of its subjects.Â
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In his book The Greatest Show on Earth, Dawkins overflows with love and enthusiasm for his subject.Â
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Short answer: because it reminds you of a boob.
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What happens when you fill a room with some of the very best scientists, philosophers, sociologists, and mystics to have them ask the collective question, What does it mean to be human? Jeff Bellsey reports from the Being Human 2012 conference.
Gabor Mate is a doctor and best-selling author. His totems are Gautama Buddha, Yeshua (aka Jesus), Karl Marx, Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Beethoven's in there too.
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