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I like the book, but found it a bit confusion. It is evolutionary biology? is it theology? It certainly made me think, and contemplate, which I think may have been the overall goal, so that was achieved.

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Positives: Easy to read and an interesting topic for a book.
Negatives: Too many fallacies, too much over-simplification,
maybe I need to come back and try this book another time.

I would say, give it a shot and see what your opinion is on the work.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

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I wished I had made notes while reading this book. The book is well written in that it was a pleasant read. I enjoyed it. The book is not well written in that the writer makes numerous philosophical errors and uses logical fallacies. He both rejects the "ghost in the machine" and defends the "ghost in the machine" by claiming the complexity of the neurological complexity of the brain creates the mind. The human is either completely controlled by only chemical and physical processes (not allowing "free will"), or one must allow for the "ghost in the machine some way. One can not both claim there is no "ghost" and free will. The two arguments are mutually exclusive.

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Really an enjoyable book. Covers well the arguments for and against evolution. with particular emphasis on the problem of evolution and free will. Wiill probably write review online close to pub date

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