Philosophers' Syndrome: Mistaking A Failure Of The

Keep Darwinian Thinking Out Of Cosmology, Out Of Psychology, Out Of Human Culture, Out Of Ethics, Politics, And Religion!

I Have Shown That Those Who Deplore Artificial Intelligence Are Also Those Who Deplore The Evolutionary Accounts Of Human Mentality: If Human Minds Are Non-miraculous Products Of Evolution, Then They Are, In The Requisite Sense, Artifacts, And All Their Powers Must Have An Ultimately Mechanical Explanation. We Are Descended From Macros And Made Of Macros, And Nothing We Can Do Is Beyond The Power Of Huge Assemblies Of Macros.

Not A Single One Of The Cells That Compose You Knows Who You Are, Or Cares.

What You Can Imagine Depends On What You Know. Philosophers Who Know Only Philosophy Consign Themselves To A Janitorial Role In The Great Enterprises Of Exploration That Are Illuminating The Mysteries Of Our Lives.

It's A No Win Situation. It's A Mug's Game. The Religions Have Contrived To Make It Impossible To Disagree With Them Critically Without Being Rude. They Play The Hurt Feelings Card At Every Opportunity.