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32 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 10 June 2013 06:12AM

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Comment author: Leonhart 10 June 2013 11:10:16PM *  5 points [-]

Various bits from Dennett: cranes versus skyhooks, the Cartesian Theatre, 'figment', the intentional stance, the notion of an intuition pump.

Braitenberg's Vehicles does something indescribably non-verbal. It's a tiny book that passes through your mind silently, like a ninja, and then any lingering shreds of vitalism you have just sort of explode and blow away on the wind. Every child should have a copy (and robot parts to use it with).

Comment author: buybuydandavis 11 June 2013 02:35:52AM -1 points [-]

Dennett - Competence without Comprehension. The magic that is real is not real magic.