Russian scientist, evolutionist, paleoneurologist, doctor of biological sciences and a leading specialist in the work of the brain, Sergey Vyacheslavovich Saveliev talks about the reason for the duality of our consciousness. The duality of consciousness has a physiological basis and arises from the contradiction of social relations in society, on the one hand, and the biological essence associated with reproduction, nutrition, and dominance, on the other. The neocortex, where our morality and conscience resides, enters into an endless battle with the ancient animal instincts that allowed the human race to survive and rise to the top of biological species.
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