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The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size Paperback - 1999
by Norretranders, Tor
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- Title The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size
- Author Norretranders, Tor
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New edition
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 1999-08-01
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 581QRT000RFD_ns
- ISBN 9780140230123 / 0140230122
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.05 in (20.07 x 12.95 x 2.67 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Consciousness, Human information processing
- Dewey Decimal Code 153
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Summary
As John Casti wrote, "Finally, a book that really does explain consciousness." This groundbreaking work by Denmark's leading science writer draws on psychology, evolutionary biology, information theory, and other disciplines to argue its revolutionary point: that consciousness represents only an infinitesimal fraction of our ability to process information. Although we are unaware of it, our brains sift through and discard billions of pieces of data in order to allow us to understand the world around us. In fact, most of what we call thought is actually the unconscious discarding of information. What our consciousness rejects constitutes the most valuable part of ourselves, the "Me" that the "I" draws on for most of our actions--fluent speech, riding a bicycle, anything involving expertise. No wonder that, in this age of information, so many of us feel empty and dissatisfied. As engaging as it is insightful, this important book encourages us to rely more on what our instincts and our senses tell us so that we can better appreciate the richness of human life.
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