INTELLECT, CONSCIOUSNESS AND UNIVERSE: WHAT CAME FIRST?
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https://doi.org/10.30890/2567-5273.2025-40-03-035Keywords:
selfish gene, intellect, mind, human evolution, social media, consciousness, simulation, universeAbstract
Human intellect, controlled by genes, is aimed at solving the problem of their multiplication, while the mind, based on self-awareness, acts in favor of the individual. Then natural evolution concerns only intellect and does not affect the dynamics of minReferences
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