Minds Are Simply What Brains

What Is Intelligence, Anyway It Is Only A Word That People Use To Name Those Unknown Processes With Which Our Brains Solve Problems We Call Hard. But Whenever You Learn A Skill Yourself, You're Less Impressed Or Mystified When Other People Do The Same. This Is Why The Meaning Of 'intelligence' Seems So Elusive: It Describes Not Some Definite Thing But Only The Momentary Horizon Of Our Ignorance About How Minds Might Work.

We Turn To Quantities When We Can't Compare The Qualities Of Things.

Theorems Often Tell Us Complex Truths About The Simple Things, But Only Rarely Tell Us Simple Truths About The Complex Ones. To Believe Otherwise Is Wishful Thinking Or "mathematics Envy."

Kubrick's Vision Seemed To Be That Humans Are Doomed, Whereas Clarke's Is That Humans Are Moving On To A Better Stage Of Evolution.

Daniel Dennett Is Our Best Current Philosopher. He Is The Next Bertrand Russell. Unlike Traditional Philosophers, Dan Is A Student Of Neuroscience, Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, And Psychology. He's Redefining And Reforming The Role Of The Philosopher.