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comment by Aeryn
Aeryn  ·  4129 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite TED talk?

Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight, it's beautiful, in a way. I just love how her story shows that even if you know why your brain is making you feel the way you do, it doesn't diminish the experience. I suppose it appeals to me as a naturalist/materialist who took mushrooms and felt it was beautiful, perhaps "spiritual", even though it was "just" brain chemistry, not magic.