Philosophers' Syndrome: Mistaking A Failure Of The

Go Ahead And Believe In God , If You Like, But Don't Imagine That You Have Been Given Any Grounds For Such A Belief By Science.

For More Than A Century, People Have Often Thought That The Conclusion To Draw From Darwin's Vision Is That Homo Sapiens, Our Species - And We're Just Animals Too, We're Just Mammals - That There Is Nothing Morally Special About Us. I Myself Don't Think This Follows At All From Darwin's Vision, But It Is Certainly The Received View In Many Quarters.

Yes We Have A Soul But It's Made Of Lots Of Tiny Robots

The Chief Trick To Making Good Mistakes Is Not To Hide Them - Especially Not From Yourself. Instead Of Turning Away In Denial When You Make A Mistake, You Should Become A Connoisseur Of Your Own Mistakes, Turning Them Over In Your Mind As If They Were Works Of Art, Which In A Way They Are.

I Look Around The World And See So Many Wonderful Things That I Love And Enjoy And Benefit From, Whether It's Art Or Music Or Clothing Or Food And All The Rest. And I'd Like To Add A Little To That Goodness.