Skeptical scientists often point out, as Carl Sagan has, that the wonders of real science far surpass the supposed wonders of fringe science. I think it is possible to invert that idea, and to say that the wonders of real consciousness far surpass what conventional science admits can exist.
The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke
The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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