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Collective unconscious proposes a biological mind network

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The idea that all humans share a hidden, inherited database of primal knowledge sounds incredibly mystical. From a modern neurological standpoint, it is just a poetic way to describe that all humans evolved with the same basic brain architecture, causing us to generally fear the dark and like fire.

Collective unconscious proposes a biological mind network
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