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Re:No, really—consciousness is worth thinking about by saym on Sunday August 11, 2013 @08:40PM (#6197054)
There are people that believe in 'non-science things' on every continent.

I don't see how providing antagonizing labels based on nationality helps your argument at all.

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Re:No, really—consciousness is worth thinking about by wslh on Sunday August 11, 2013 @10:39PM (#6197374)
> I don't see how providing antagonizing labels based on nationality helps your argument at all.

I completely understand what paganel said: nationality and culture play an important role here. There are cultures or subcultures that accept that we can be completely wrong in our assertions (are we just dreaming?), or they are based on mysticism, or they are relativists, or they are scientific.

There are prejudices against you in the scientific environment if you have doubts about things like God or consciousness.

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