Claire Binkley’s Reviews > Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking > Status Update

Why did I read books in the middle of the night? Do I find no other useful time? Doesn't it come at a steep consciousness price?

Intentionality is what philosophers call the meaning, the translation, the bottom line.

What does Dennett mean by "higher" animals? Like not protozoa? Like likable animals like rabbits and owls, if not bears? Do animals not have minds? Jane Goodall taught an ape to communicate, hadn't she? Dolphins and bats communicate via echolocation, which I've used in lieu of eyesight before.

Why do words have meaning? I suggest for communication and delight.

Are rhetorical questions that heinous a device? I think they endender conversation nicely by encouraging thought.

Because we certainly all read/skim argumentative essays regularly. Actually, it's more true than false.

Jootsing? Hofstadter sounds familiar, searching the Internet.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I use Occam's broom often. It ties to inherent laziness. :[

I read the four steps in a critical commentary to Mom. I think it's far kinder than I am, by instructing readers not to criticise others unless you've re-expressed the idea, told the Victim what you liked about it; what you've learned from it. Most people don't do that, in my experience, but I am not very experienced - I speak mostly from the Internet forum.
1. Re-express
2. List agreements
3. Learn?
4. KILLIT

That first chapter was fun! It made me think of the driver of the Magic School Bus, Ms Frizzle: "Get messy with it!"