No, it's you If you make yourself really small, you can externalize virtually everything. Daniel Dennett, 1984

misterpessimistic Quote:The last statement is right on...'...the widespread assumption that [religions] are the necessary foundation of morality can no longer be supported' rings very true for meIt rings true for me too, but, I think stating it this way runs contrary to the spirit of the book. One o...

ADO15Quote:Not in the sense of Dutin Hoffman in Rainman, The character of Rainman is based real-life Savant Kim Peek. I first read about him in Scientific American a few issues back. He has consented to a great deal of experimentation and among other things the research has led to the discovery that...

I read a fascinating book titled "Shadow Syndromes". The premise is that many people have mild, "shadow" (technically "forme fruste") versions of conditions, including asperger's. Self-diagonsis is risky business, but I suspect, based mainly on that book, that I have a ...

I read a library copy (on CD), just ordered a paperback for Debbie. I use my regular amazon.com account at amazon.co.uk, are you sure .ca is not just balking at a duplicate? Eh? If you make yourself really small, you can externalize virtually everything. Daniel Dennett, 1984

An interesting aspect of human reason is the modern neurological perspective. There is increasing evidence that most of what we think we are "figuring out" in our conscious minds, are actually conclusions that our own brains have already worked out, invisible to the conscious "us"...

Robertson Davis' Deptford Trilogy, Fifth Business, The Manticore, World of Wonders. A protestant hagiologist, a child abuse victim who overcomes, Circus as institution of redemption, a Saint who has sex with hobos. The theme of the work is, "What is Myth?", and most... maybe all of my appr...

Reminds me of a charming little book titled "Third", which I bought at a book sale. It was obviously a vanity publication, and could have used a little editing; but it made me think about the whole vanity press idea... So many books that nobody will ever read; just by the strangest of chan...

The Dennett, mentioned above. It was kinda fun ordering a book pre-release. If you make yourself really small, you can externalize virtually everything. Daniel Dennett, 1984

Thanks to BookTalk for turning me on to this marvelous book. it pulled me in from the first line and kept me sitting in my car to listen to the end last night.What to make of the dream? Very disturbing. It's like Christopher sees us as evil aliens, or maybe, himself as an invading alien. I know Auti...