I get a lot of questions in Quora about neuroscience, because neuroscience is what I do. A recent question prompted this post. The question was: "Does all thinking originate in subconscious thinking?" ...

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I get a lot of questions in Quora about neuroscience, because neuroscience is what I do. A recent question prompted this post. The question was: "Does all thinking originate in subconscious thinking?" ...