Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.
Scott WesterfeldShay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.
Scott WesterfeldAs a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears--neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you.
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