I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.

Up till now, we can suppose, nervous systems solved the 'Now what do I do?' problem by a relatively simple balancing act between a strictly limited repertoire of actions - if not the famous four F's (fight, flee, feed, or mate), then a modest elaboration of them.

...but I also can't prove that mushrooms could not be intergalactic spaceships spying on us.

I'm the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think — just ask my critics.

The haven all memes depend on reaching is the human mind, but a human mind is itself an artifact created when memes restructure a human brain in order to make it a better habitat for memes.

Reasons for declaring belief is not are not the same as reasons for believing in god.

If nobody cares, then it doesn't matter what happens to flowers.