Consciousness Reinstated Using the Certainty Principle

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The statistical probability that six consecutive carbon double-bonds will all be ‘cis’ is less than chance (p<0.02). The chances of all-cis-docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) recurring in quantity over geological time is infinitesimal. Since such intriguing considerations are scrupulously eliminated from orthodox conceptualisations, a refurbished Occam's razor - the Certainty Principle - is offered as a responsible pragmatic guide. Six indelible flaws in our ways of knowing precedes a psychiatry that is immediately understandable, self-evident and effective, here supported by objective evidence from prison data. The only realistic antidote to our lethal global psychiatric epidemic is reinstating consciousness and its wellbeing.

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Consciousness Epistemology theories of mind theories of knowledge causality mind irrationality malattachment psychiatric reform curing Personality Disorders docosahexaenoic acid chance living cells Occam's Razor emotional neotony

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Consciousness Reinstated Using the Certainty Principle – A Better Mental Health Strategy

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