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Daniel Dennett
#21
RE: Daniel Dennett
There's nothing more to know.
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#22
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How do you know?

EvF
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#23
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Well there's nothing more to tell you. There's a lot for you to understand.
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#24
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Same to you :p

Although... I could reiterate some stuff if you like? Best we do it on MSN though rather than overwhelm another thread lol!

EvF
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#25
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I'm sat here now poking needles into my eyes.
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#26
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I disbelieve that statement.

EvF
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#27
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Long one:

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So you're out in the woods, or you're out in the pasture, and you see this ant crawling up this blade of grass. It climbs up to the top, and it falls, and it climbs, and it falls, and it climbs -- trying to stay at the very top of the blade of grass. What is this ant doing? What is this in aid of? What goals is this ant trying to achieve by climbing this blade of grass? What's in it for the ant?

And the answer is: nothing. There's nothing in it for the ant. Well then, why is it doing this? Is it just a fluke? Yeah, it's just a fluke. It's a lancet fluke. It's a little brain worm. It's a parasitic brain worm that has to get into the stomach of a sheep or a cow in order to continue its life cycle.

Salmon swim upstream to get to their spawning grounds, and lancet flukes commandeer a passing ant, crawl into its brain, and drive it up a blade of grass like an all-terrain vehicle.

So there's nothing in it for the ant. The ant's brain has been hijacked by a parasite that infects the brain, inducing suicidal behavior. Pretty scary.

Well, does anything like that happen with human beings?
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Daniel Denett @ one of his talks on TED
"A fool says in his heart, 'There is no god.'
A wise man shouts it from the rooftops."
Mark Palmer (@ The Center for Inquiry Blasphemy Contest)
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