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Create a reading list by clicking the Read Later icon in articles you wish to save. No products in the basket. Shipping calculated at checkout Create a reading list by clicking the Read Later icon in articles you wish to save. Issue 03 of our print magazine is available to buy now Issue 03 is available to buy now Guillaume Thierry, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Bangor University, shares his current thinking on the human mind and how it makes sense of the world around us. What is the purpose of life? Whatever you may think is the answer, you might, from time to time at least, find your own definition unsatisfactory. After all, how can one say why any living creature is on Earth in just one simple phrase? For me, looking back on 18 years of research into how the human brain handles language, there seems to be only one, solid, resilient thread that prevails over all others. Humanity’s purpose rests in the spectacular drive of o

Meaning Exploring the purpose of life What is your purpose? Research shows that humanity’s purpose rests in the spectacular drive of our minds to extract meaning from the world around us. 5 minute read 13th May 2019 Guillaume Thierry, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Bangor University, shares his current thinking on the human mind and how it makes sense of the world around us. What is the purpose of life? Whatever you may think is the answer, you might, from time to time at least, find your own definition unsatisfactory. After all, how can one say why any living creature is on Earth in j

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