People are afraid of being more ignorant than their children―especially, apparantly, their daughters.
Daniel C. DennettProblems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications.
Daniel C. DennettTags: science philosophy evolution darwin
Is he a dread genetic determinist, or a dread environmental determinist? He is neither, of course, for both these species of bogeyman are as mythical as werewolves. By increasing the information we have about the various causes of the constraints that limit our current opportunities, he has increased our powers to avoid what we want to avoid, prevent what we want to prevent. Knowledge of the roles of our genes, and the genes of the other species around us, is not the enemy of human freedom, but one of its best friends.
Daniel C. DennettWords are memes that can be pronounced.
Daniel C. DennettWhat you can imagine depends on what you know. Philosophers who know only philosophy consign themselves to a janitorial role in the great enterprises of exploration that are illuminating the mysteries of our lives.
Daniel C. DennettWe need to let our children grow up to face the world armed with knowledge, with much more knowledge than we ourselves had at their age. It is scary, but the alternative is worse.
Daniel C. DennettNot a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.
Daniel C. DennettTags: science
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore, so it eats it! It's rather like getting tenure.
Daniel C. DennettPhilosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity.
Daniel C. DennettTags: philosophy
Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details.
Daniel C. DennettTags: science free-will philosophy
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