Daniel Dennett: 'Why civilisation is more fragile than we realised'

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Post by thruflo » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 6:20 PM UTC

Daniel Dennett: 'Why civilisation is more fragile than we realised'
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Re: Daniel Dennett: 'Why civilisation is more fragile than we realised'

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Post by 082349872349872 » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 7:00 PM UTC

The brain in a vat is a recent trope; for the Enlightenment variation see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_demon

[for multiplicity of social truths, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Grove (1922)]

Re: Daniel Dennett: 'Why civilisation is more fragile than we realised'

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Post by jahewson » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 9:14 PM UTC

I’m far more concerned about the old dangers than the new ones.

Re: Daniel Dennett: 'Why civilisation is more fragile than we realised'

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Post by ysofunny » Mon, Apr 22, 2024, 9:40 PM UTC

the western monotheist (hence monarchical andor presidential) systems are not civilization. sorry I must say this.

why? in a modern state the powers are split in 3, I'm saying the executive power is not all the power. recall there are the judicial power and the legislature, those are parts of civilization which do not rely nor in any way depend on the monotheistic ideologies and frames of mind. leadership is not representation.