Who Are We Really.Who Are We Really Robert Wiedemeyer Dendrax Publishing 100 Newman Drive, Brunswick, GA 31520 0964740788 $24.95 1-912-634-0150 Who Are We Really: The Truth About Why We Think And Act The Way We Do by for practicing neurologist Neurologist A doctor who specializes in disorders of the brain and central nervous system. Mentioned in: Cervical Disk Disease neurologist a specialist in neurology. Robert Wiedemeyer is a coldly and brutally honest appraisal of what motivates human beings to act the way they do. Written exclusively from a biological and scientific perspective, and discarding religious, metaphysical, or folk wisdom concerns, Who Are We Really emphasizes the overpowering o·ver·pow·er·ing adj. So strong as to be overwhelming: an overpowering need for solitude. o limitation that neurochemicals, stored emotional memories from life experiences, and survival instincts For the biological instinct, see . "Survival Instinct" is the second episode of the sixth season of the television series . Seven of Nine encounters three Borg, to whom she was previously linked. Plot Synopsis Voyager is docked at the Markonian Outpost Space Station. have upon the human brain and therefore our own consciousness. While acknowledging that free will exists, Who Are We Really puts forth stringent claims such as that all pursuit of sexual activity stems from the pursuit of power and self-esteem, that true unselfishness Unselfishness See also Dedication. Arden, Enoch returned castaway; keeps identity secret from wife to preserve her “new life” happiness. [Br. Lit.: Enoch Arden] Bartholomea Capitanio and Vincentia Gerosa, Sts. cannot exist--even Mother Teresa and similar charity workers are simply obeying the dictates of what is right as generated by their own brains--and that too much compassion (such as feeding the starving so that they reproduce and generate more starving, or taking care of invalids who cannot contribute to the well-being of society) is an evolutionary "bug" that is detrimental to human survival as a species. Although the more counterintuitive coun·ter·in·tu·i·tive adj. Contrary to what intuition or common sense would indicate: "Scientists made clear what may at first seem counterintuitive, that the capacity to be pleasant toward a fellow creature is ... proposals of Who Are We Really are subject to debate, its core foundation of neuroscience neu·ro·sci·ence n. Any of the sciences, such as neuroanatomy and neurobiology, that deal with the nervous system. neuroscience the embryology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology of the nervous system. makes its black-and-white view of reality and consciousness worth scrutinizing in detail, in the quest to better understand both oneself and others. |
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