Temple Grandin (Introduction)
Remarkable lady. See the movie about her. She is an autistic savant and the description of her brain and what she experiences is fascinating. We are what our brain gives us.-http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/2012/10/19/a-little-hard-science-from-the-big-easy-temple-grandins-brain-and-transgenic-sniffer-mice/?WT_mc_id=SA_DD_20121019-It still does not explain consciousness or free will, but it does show our brains in limited ways shape our experiences.
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