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Every organism [...] has an ontology. [...] One of my favorite examples of how different [ontology] can be compares an anteater to an insectivorous bird. The bird tracks individual insects and must deal with their erratic flight patterns by having a high flicker-fusion rates [...] The anteater just averages over the whole ant-infested area lets it's big tongue take up the slack.

"Thinking is hard." Hope this book helps.

slow, but interesting going. feel like o should be making an outline.

Rapoport's Rules. I wonder how many intent arguments could be salvaged if everyone had to follow these.

"There is no such thing as philosophy free science, just science that had been conducted without any consideration of its underlying philosophical assumptions."

My first Dennett book. I've got to go somewhat in my library site date list at this point!

Not quite the book I was expecting. It includes a lot of thought experiments rather than "techniques to improve your thinking."

I hesitated starting a new book, since I'm already switching among three. But I couldn't resist this one.

I am getting a pretty good vibe from this one, especially relative to my previous read ("Risk Savvy"). Still, I am somewhat concerned (despite his "Rappaport Rules" chaper about criticism) that we will continue to take potshots at his intellectual opponents.