The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died.
DANIEL DENNETTIt is not so much that we, using our brains, spin our yarns, as that our brains, using yarns, spin us.
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The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.
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The earth has grown a nervous system, and it’s us.
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What 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.
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There are no good reasons to believe in god.
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There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is.
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Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.
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A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.
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The way evolution always discovers reasons is by retroactive endorsement.
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I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.
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It is not so much that we, using our brains, spin our yarns, as that our brains, using yarns, spin us.
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I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.
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The haven all memes depend on reaching is the human mind, but a human mind is itself an artifact created when memes restructure a human brain in order to make it a better habitat for memes.
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Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications.
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There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.
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No matter how smart you are, you’re smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available.
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