1. Consilience
The literal meaning of consilience is the "jumping together of knowledge by the linking of facts and fact-based theory across disciplines to create a common groundwork of explanation- (Wilson 8). ... We must adapt a common language of learning in order to come to a deeper understanding of our world. ... These experiences lead Wilson into his theory that uniqueness and free will are nothing but an illusion. ... In order for us as a society to reach consilience we have to have a common language. ...
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