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This makes good sense. I do the same thing when trying to recall something I read in printed text: recalling spatially where on the page it was, and how far into the book or chapter it appeared. It’s not so […]

Do you mean to say you wonder about social data analytics in general, or perceived frivolous data collection in particular? In this case in particular, I could imagine something useful falling out of this data for […]

Dawkins introduced the meme as a kind of mental analogue to the gene, so the “for-itself-ness” you observe is actually right on point (for better or worse).

The genes inherited by an organism (genotype) become […]

Certainly John:

I have scans out of an anthology that include an essay by Rorty entitled Human Rights, Rationality, and Sentimentality. The idea gets floated there; I’m not sure it has taken a more explicit […]

I deal very closely with the American healthcare system on many levels, both personally and professionally. Indeed, it is beyond need for reevalution.

As might be expected (given our consumerist baseline) the […]

While mainstream cultural products do annoyingly portray and therefore lessen the significance of people actually living with disability, I’d also reiterate the importance of stories of disability that attract a […]

Good summary. Bechdel’s style worked strongly with the story she was telling, paralleling the development of her sexuality with her discovery of her fathers. The last several pages, relaying a kind of culmination […]

It is interesting to try and put Bechdel’s father into Carter’s personality wheel. It does seem like there is something discordant “within” him, but I wonder if it’s more a discordance with external structures […]

Perfect connection with Damasio, thanks John—it does seem like Noë is ‘extending’ consciousness into these objects and the environment in a way. Which seems to work ok conceptually, but there are many practical […]

“Although I agree with Noe’s theory that that our body and environment help form who we are, I do not agree that consciousness is not located in the brain.”

Here is drawn a distinction between ‘consciousness’ […]