I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.
Daniel DennettDarwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
Daniel DennettChurches have given us great treasures such as music and architecture. Whether that pays for the harm they have done is another matter.
Daniel DennettIn order to make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it. All the works of human genius can be understood in the end to be products of a cascade of generate-and-test procedures that are, at bottom, algorithmic and mindless.
Daniel Dennett