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I believe that the idea of

Submitted by evanstiegel on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 11:27am.
I believe that the idea of action potentials, receptor and generator potentials, and synaptic potentials somewhat trivializes (word choice??) how we experience the world around us.  Turning everything that we see, hear, touch, and smell into light waves, vibrations, and chemicals takes away from my life experience.  Even though our I-function creates a new experience into what we know these waves, vibrations, and chemicals as, knowing what really goes on isn't too comforting. 

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