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I came to realise that Darwinian evolution had no explanation of me as an experiencing self.

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A board constituted as the board of Sydney Hospital is constituted is not a suitable body to have control of an institute of medical research.

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How we come to be, and how we are what we are, is beyond any understanding. I have been obsessed by this, trying to understand the very nature of my existence.

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I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: 'What am I? What is the meaning of my existence as I experience it?'

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Brain research is the ultimate problem confronting man.

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To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Scientist

Born: January 27th, 1903

Died: May 2nd, 1997

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