My current favorite living philosopher is Daniel Dennett. Who knows how many of you like reading articles or papers, but this is interesting if read with the morg in mind.

http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/socialcell.pdf


The information revolution will change all religions, but how?

Dennett: "..language and comprehension are an essential part of the workings of social cells, but here is a
surprising twist: it is very important in each case that the participants not understand too much. It is not
just that the invention and refinement of these social cells do not depend on any intelligent designer; it is
that the cells' effective operation depends on the relative cluelessness - or innocence - of the participants."


Another:
"Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a
revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defenses or become extinct."



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/2013 03:17PM by rationalguy.