“Freud is completely unscientific. It's a cross between vision, poetry and deceit.”

— Jerzy Vetulani

Vetulani, Jerzy (11 May 2012): Neurobiologia i religia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn559bvUzRE, lecture. Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (in Polish).

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