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In All Likelihood: An Unscientific Assessment of Consciousness
1 in 1,500* people who walk on a city sidewalk for more than 30 minutes any given day will step in dog poop (38% of these people will say “Shit!” when this happens).
1 in 850* people who go to the supermarket will forget where they left their shopping cart, give up, and go home.
1 in 600* people who start a book will finish the book without any doubts about the choice to read that book or their reading process.
1 in 350* people who drive for at least 7 hours each week will have a tire problem every six months.
1 in 175* people who use social media today will cross-over from skeptic into all-out conspiracy theorist.
1 in 30* people will always take the red pill, which leads to seeing and acknowledging truth, despite the difficulty of facing truth. 15 out of 30 people will take the red pill once in a while 14 out of 30 people will always take the blue pill, enabling them to ignore all that they would rather not acknowledge. Given the choice of pills, reality becomes ever more subjective and we move farther away from a shared sense of consciousness, truth and humanity.
1 in 28* people are consistently accepting of all other humans, remaining generally aware of their natural urge to judge, blame, and “other” the…