The paragraph introducing this term tells the story of a sarcastic pilot from World War I and contains afootnote explaining that the physical manifestation of these items would involve an object "a hundred feetin diameter" that poses a danger to major cities.
The paragraph introducing this term tells the story of a sarcastic pilot from World War I and contains afootnote explaining that the physical manifestation of these items would involve an object "a hundred feetin diameter" that poses a danger to major cities. They are described as "mind-first" forces in the same bookthat claims Nietzsche "hungered" for these things and accuses Roger Penrose of believing that "specialquantum physics powers" render the human brain one of these. The lack of need for these items isdemonstrated in a discussion of the Baldwin effect in the section "The Tools for R and D," which showshow these items are not required in light of the "universal acid" explanation. The book which popularizedthis term suggested that "good reductionists" believe everything can be explained without these things. For10 points, identify these items described in Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett, which bestowdesign from above without a foundation, and are contrasted to the "building-up" process of cranes.
The paragraph introducing this term tells the story of a sarcastic pilot from World War I and contains afootnote explaining that the physical manifestation of these items would involve an object "a hundred feetin diameter" that poses a danger to major cities.
skyhooks