Robert Mccain

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“In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure.”
― Daniel Dennett

tags: fanaticism, information

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“If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.”
― Daniel C. Dennett, Freedom Evolves

tags: consciousness, free-will, unconscious

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“I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think — just ask my critics.”
― Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

tags: humor, multiple-drafts-model, qualia

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“What you can imagine depends on what you know.”
― Daniel Dennett

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“Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.”
― Daniel C. Dennett, Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness

tags: science

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