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This is absolutely correct and forms part of the larger concept that top-down causation is a key factor not just in the way the brain works but in broader contexts in biology and even physics.

George F. R. Ellis

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George F. R. Ellis
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: August 11
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Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
George Francis Rayner Ellis
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