The brain is the only kind of object capable of understanding that the cosmos is even there, or why there are infinitely many prime numbers, or that apples fall because of the curvature of space-time, or that obeying its own inborn instincts can be morally wrong, or that it itself exists.
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Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense.
タグ: common-sense, only, more, best
I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to try to derive an ought from an is, than the population at large.
タグ: think, political, power, good
It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator whose repertoire includes every possible environment.
タグ: every, build, possible, environment
Time travel may be achieved one day, or it may not. But if it is, it should not require any fundamental change in world-view, at least for those who broadly share the world view I am presenting in this book.
タグ: i-am, world, time, change
Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.
タグ: tests, fail, where, good
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