Though I was far from an adherent of Dennett's ideas, he certainly wrote some great books that always got me thinking. He laid out his ideas very clearly and easily to digest. The way he saw life was a good bedrock to test one's own beliefs against. I still have a dog-eared copy of "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" that has traveled with me for years now, and I travel light! Good show, Danny!
Daniel Dennett, atheist philosopher guided by science, dies at 82 (msn.com)
I sold real estate in the city with the largest concentration of Arabs in the USA. Many of the old-time agents would not work with them. Arabs drove a hard bargain. I was forced to, as I was a newcomer to the city and had no 'sphere of influence', as they like to say in real estate. I actually melded great with their style of business, made many connections, and did very well courting them. They had money, were smart, and came to the party ready to deal. I also had many conversations with them about the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East. There was a reason they were now living in Detroit. The major lesson I came away with was there was no clear cut right and wrong in the Middle East. I see the FB posts all day taking partisan sides as usual, from the safety of a padded office chair sitting in front of a computer. The usual mass media suspects are also lining up with their patented brands of distorted, one-sided propaganda of either 'Jew bad/Arab good' or '
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