What are you reading right now?

OccultHawk · 06-07-2020, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Finished reading "Consciousness Explained" by Daniel Dennett.
Great book.

How difficult is it?

grindy · 06-07-2020, 09:29 AM

Pretty difficult but manageable.
Keep in mind that I'm not a native speaker, though.
It might come easier to you.

The Batlord · 06-07-2020, 02:03 PM

I'll try to dumb myself down from now on so you can keep up.

OccultHawk · 06-07-2020, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Pretty difficult but manageable.
Keep in mind that I'm not a native speaker, though.
It might come easier to you.

Are you going to read any of the responses? I noticed Nagel was critical.

Plankton · 06-08-2020, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'll try to dumb myself down from now on so you can keep up.

You're doing a fine job. Nice work.

grindy · 06-08-2020, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'll try to dumb myself down from now on so you can keep up.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Are you going to read any of the responses? I noticed Nagel was critical.

Not in depth yet, just some quotes here and there. I was unimpressed by Nagel's approach to the topic and thought Dennett was much more on point. Might be biased though, knowing Nagel only through the lense of Dennett's criticism.
I know you love Nagel but then again some of the stuff you wrote about consciousness here sounded quite silly to me.

OccultHawk · 06-08-2020, 05:03 PM

I will kick your ass you goddamn bitch

grindy · 06-09-2020, 02:48 AM

Don't stone me to death for blaspheming against your little obscurantist buddy.
After all, those stones might posses consciousness and suffer from that lol

OccultHawk · 06-09-2020, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Don't stone me to death for blaspheming against your little obscurantist buddy.
After all, those stones might posses consciousness and suffer from that lol

I read this is high school but do you remember a book about the brain called The 3 Pound Universe?

grindy · 06-09-2020, 03:14 AM

Never heard of it.
Can't say the descriptions I googled sound particularly enticing to me.

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06-09-2020, 03:14 AM	#6850 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Never heard of it. Can't say the descriptions I googled sound particularly enticing to me. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*