... perhaps this is to say no more than that this fascinating, wide-ranging and heartfelt book does not succeed in dumping cold explanatory water on every last mystery of human existence. And I confess I would be lying if I said I thought that was a bad thing..

... exciting.

... probing, complex.

... [a] highly, sometimes overly, detailed narrative.

Solms concludes with a somewhat manically written discussion of the ethics of a conscious machine, complete with a plan for what he’d do if he were able to build one...His theory is complex, as is his writing...Still, readers who stay the course will find much to consider..