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Self Spirals

From: Terin Mayer
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Recalling the epiphany of recognizing yourself in the mirror. Read the full description.
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Default-piece-image-1 Don't they do this experiment with Monkeys, where they put them in front of the mirror and the monkeys go crazy thinking its another monkey and then they realize that its them? Can you imagine being that monkey at that moment? You suddenly realize that the image in front of you is actually you, and that you are no one else. When I was 8, I think I had the monkey's epiphany.

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Don't they do this experiment with Monkeys, where they put them in front of the mirror and the monkeys go crazy thinking its another monkey and then they realize that its them? Can you imagine being that monkey at that moment? You suddenly realize that the image in front of you is actually you, and that you are no one else. When I was 8, I think I had the monkey's epiphany.

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First broadcast as part of Periscope Radio's "So three agnostics and an athiest Jew..." out of KRLX 88.1fm

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