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"Waking Up" by Sam Harris is a book about the nature of consciousness and how it can be understood in a 21st century, rational, and scientific context.
Sam Harris discusses the difference between believing things for good reasons and believing them for bad reasons, which is crucial when it comes to discussions about God, the afterlife, and the origins of religious books. Additionally, he notes the importance of understanding that the brain plays a role in producing the mind.