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The Evolution of Consciousness - Part 3

Evolution Talk by Rick Coste

May 6, 202414:03Science & Medicine

What if consciousness, much like the architectural 'spandrels' we talked about before, isn't actually crucial to our survival? Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin argued that some traits might just be byproducts, not...

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