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Daniel Dennett quotes: The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.

The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.

Daniel Dennett quotes: There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude,

There is a time for politeness and there is a time when you are obliged to be rude,

Daniel Dennett quotes: Cost is always an object - the second law of thermodynamics sees to that

Cost is always an object - the second law of thermodynamics sees to that

Daniel Dennett quotes: Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.

Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications.

Problems in science are sometimes made easier by adding complications.

Daniel Dennett quotes: You can't get through seminary and come out believing in God!

You can't get through seminary and come out believing in God!

Daniel Dennett quotes: Atheism, a term which will, I'm sure, eventually become as unnecessary as round-earthism ...

Atheism, a term which will, I'm sure, eventually become as unnecessary as round-earthism ...

Daniel Dennett quotes: It is not so much that we, using our brains, spin our yarns, as that our brains, using yarns, spin us.

It is not so much that we, using our brains, spin our yarns, as that our brains, using yarns, spin us.

Daniel Dennett quotes: YES we have a soul but it's made of lots of tiny robots

YES we have a soul but it's made of lots of tiny robots

Daniel Dennett quotes: But I also can't prove that mushrooms could not be intergalactic spaceships spying on us.

But I also can't prove that mushrooms could not be intergalactic spaceships spying on us.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details.

Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details.

Daniel Dennett quotes: I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.

I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.

Daniel Dennett quotes: The earth has grown a nervous system, and it's us.

The earth has grown a nervous system, and it's us.

Daniel Dennett quotes: If nobody cares, then it doesn't matter what happens to flowers.

If nobody cares, then it doesn't matter what happens to flowers.

Daniel Dennett quotes: There is no reality of consciousness independent of the effects of various vehicles of content on subsequent action (and hence, of course, on memory).

There is no reality of consciousness independent of the effects of various vehicles of content on subsequent action (and hence, of course, on memory).

Daniel Dennett quotes: Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.

Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Most people in the West who say they believe in God actually believe in belief in God.

Most people in the West who say they believe in God actually believe in belief in God.

Daniel Dennett quotes: The way evolution always discovers reasons is by retroactive endorsement.

The way evolution always discovers reasons is by retroactive endorsement.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.

Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.

Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.

Daniel Dennett quotes: A scholar is just a library's way of making another library.

A scholar is just a library's way of making another library.

Daniel Dennett quotes: If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.

If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.

Daniel Dennett quotes: There's simply no polite way to tell people they've dedicated their lives to an illusion.

There's simply no polite way to tell people they've dedicated their lives to an illusion.

Daniel Dennett quotes: We have had plenty of atheist presidents; they just wouldn't admit it.

We have had plenty of atheist presidents; they just wouldn't admit it.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down.

Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down.

Daniel Dennett quotes: There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?

There's no polite way to say to somebody (religious followers) 'Do you realize you've wasted your life?

Daniel Dennett quotes: I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.

I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Go ahead and believe in God , if you like, but don't imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.

Go ahead and believe in God , if you like, but don't imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.

Daniel Dennett quotes: If the best the roboticists can hope for is the creation of some crude, cheesy, second-rate, artificial consciousness, they still win.

If the best the roboticists can hope for is the creation of some crude, cheesy, second-rate, artificial consciousness, they still win.

Daniel Dennett quotes: There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

Daniel Dennett quotes: I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think - just ask my critics.

I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think - just ask my critics.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity.

Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Sometimes you don't just want to risk making mistakes; you actually want to make them - if only to give you something clear and detailed to fix.

Sometimes you don't just want to risk making mistakes; you actually want to make them - if only to give you something clear and detailed to fix.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Churches have given us great treasures such as music and architecture. Whether that pays for the harm they have done is another matter.

Churches have given us great treasures such as music and architecture. Whether that pays for the harm they have done is another matter.

Daniel Dennett quotes: No matter how smart you are, you're smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available.

No matter how smart you are, you're smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.

Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.

Daniel Dennett quotes: In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure.

In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language.

Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language.

Daniel Dennett quotes: The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died

The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died

Daniel Dennett quotes: A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.

Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Keep Darwinian thinking out of cosmology, out of psychology, out of human culture, out of ethics, politics, and religion!

Keep Darwinian thinking out of cosmology, out of psychology, out of human culture, out of ethics, politics, and religion!

Daniel Dennett quotes: The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

Daniel Dennett quotes: Reasons for declaring belief is not are not the same as reasons for believing in god.

Reasons for declaring belief is not are not the same as reasons for believing in god.

Daniel Dennett quotes: The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.

The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.

Daniel Dennett quotes: There are no good reasons to believe in god.

There are no good reasons to believe in god.