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Thank you, Marco, for letting us know the sad news about Daniel Dennett. I just happen to be reading his book From Bacteria to Bach and Back at present and, having listened to him in videoed interviews and talks, […]

Daniel Dennett was a friend of Richard Dawkins, so it’s nice to see some tributes to him posted here. If you are reading this Richard, I am very sorry for your loss. Last night I watched one of his excellent l […]

Dan checked out way too soon. 82 in philosopher years is like 60 for the rest of us. Most particularly we needed him now to test Sapolsky. What I would expect from such a contest is a testing not of fact […]

I can’t think of a better tribute to Daniel Dennet than to spend a few hours rereading his latest book, I’ve Been Thinking. For a taste of the book see # 102 in the 2023 book club.

  Robert Reich is another national treasure. I’m happy just to have an imaginary dialogue with such humanist intellectuals. Such times.   The death of the Republican party is not a tragedy to be c […]

philrimmer #88,   Yes, the luthiery thing can be a consuming passion. The attributes of timbers, attributes of the entity, its design, bracing pattern and scalloping, radius of top and back, volumes of the bouts, […]

Marco #89, So sad to hear of Daniel Dennett’s passing. He certainly helped me in my quest for understanding. Such a big heart.  He loved sailing. Probably did his best thinking on the water.

I just checked the events calendar at Harvard Book Store. Sapolsky is giving a zoom talk for his book Determined on May 2, at 6:00pm. Go on the link to register. 

Very sad to hear this.  He moved my thinking ahead with his wonderful books. 

How sad to read that Daniel Dennett has died. He was one of several authors who were important to me in the early days of my atheism – not just a clear and eloquent writer (and coiner of the wonderful term ” […]

Strat #83 I realise that my meditation is playing guitar. I’ve done it every night for years, sometimes for hours. I play a bit less these days, but never watch TV. I like to do something. It’s my art, I gue […]

Zeug #85 That said, the full range of mind states and how they’re created remains an open question either way. My hope is that someday, there WILL be a neuroscientific equivalent of cracking the genetic code, o […]