Here It Comes: First Transgenderism, Next Transableism

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Why is it not also appropriate to cut off unwanted arms or snip spinal cords if that brings emotional relief? Source
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New Book, The Immortal Mind, Out Today — The Brain Can Be Split, but Not the Mind

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Even when the brain is split in half, many important aspects of the mind remain unified. Thus, the mind is something that the brain isn’t. Source
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