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We Are Not Thinking Machines That Feel; Rather, We Are Feeling Machines That Think.
-Antonio Damasio
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We Are Not Thinking Machines
Antonio Damasio
We Are Not Thinking Machines That Feel; Rather, We Are Feeling Machines That Think.
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Emotion Operates, Very Often When You Think About How You React To The World, You Know, Something Is Happening To You, You're Simply Going Along And You're Being Confronted By Different Things, Not Necessarily Very Important Or Significance For Your Ultimate Life, But You Are Constantly Reacting To The World.
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