I urge everyone to have a look at Mark Chu-Carroll’s discussion of the perceived differences between physical and mental illness. Read the comments too, because there’s some interesting discussion there.

When you’ve got your fill have a look at John Searle’s Chinese room argument, which I find to be a most satisfying discussion of mental processes ( Read more... )

I just got a text message from the folks that I did my volunteering with (Project Scotland). It said:

we want 2 kno what u thot of ur placement! 2 take part & get £10 voucher rply PS3 + ur email / PS4 + ur postal address. 4 no SMS reply STOP

So, does anyone have a code wheel for this gibberish?

And does that last line really want me to text ( Read more... )