If Brains are Computers, Who Designs the Software? - with Daniel Dennett
The Royal Institution · 3 HN recommendations
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Daniel Dennett's Royal Institution lecture on whether the brain is a computer and where its software comes from. He argues that minds are built by evolution and culture, with competence arising without comprehension.
Why HN recommends it: Cited as an excellent entry point to Dennett's thinking on minds, memes and competence without comprehension.
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