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Wendy’s presentation today was excellent and our engagement in the material was obvious. We are so fascinated with how our brains function particularly when it is fooled. The notion that everything we perceive is fabricated by our mind poses questions about the stability of our world. We felt sorry for Clive Wearing but as Wendy pointed out, that’s our perception and we can’t really know Clive’s. I’d like to involve my students in this investigational process, not as a line of study but as a periphery reflection of how we think. To be engaged in the consideration of oneself is the ultimate joy of most teenagers so why not guide them through a philosophical/neuroscientific analysis of themselves and see what cast offs they throw that might enlighten me!