Daniel Dennett on Artificial Intelligence, New Atheism, and the Decline of Religion

-- Daniel Dennett, philosopher, cognitive scientist known for his work on consciousness, evolution, and the philosophy of the mind, and author of numerous books, most recently I've Been Thinking, joins David to discuss artificial intelligence, New Atheism, the decline of religion in the United States, and more. Get the book: amzn.to/3P8gmGg
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Broadcast on March 6, 2024
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[@Raydensheraj]

Rest in Piece you legendary Man... RIP Daniel Dannett.😢

[@rjung_ch]

Yes, RIP Daniel Dennett.

[@OikPoinFive]

@@rjung_ch no such thing as RIP - thats just a secular saying. we live forever whether we want too or knot. there are 2 Gods - satan is a god too.

[@farmag]

Rest in *peace*

[@andrewbiddle2487]

It's so absolutely precious when someone of age--who knowingly has months or weeks left to live--decides to talk to you at length.

[@Lauren-zg9zo]

RIP King. Just heard he passed and came back here to listen again. 😢

[@ricitizen]

A life well lived. A legacy that lives on. Cheers to the late great Daniel Dennett (April 19, 2024 (age 82 years)

[@PrestoJacobson]

“Only here for 80 years; too short to be filled with tears! Hold on, hold on."

[@georgejones3526]

"Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child." ~ Robert A. Heinlein

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

Have you read, Job, a Comedy Of Justice?

[@georgejones3526]

@@canuckprogressive.3435 I’ve read everything he ever wrote, starting with “Rocket Ship Galileo”.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

@@georgejones3526Cool. That particular book was kind of horrifying to me. Imagine a spaceship blasting of spraying tons of vaporized lead into the atmosphere. Ugh. I loved the books about Lazarus Long and the future history series.

[@SageRedowl-gt6kb]

Jesus was A "Fisherman" him and his 12 buddies probably were real Funny!( Fisherman are funny,Jesus walk on water please one more time!)

[@patryan8531]

​@@SageRedowl-gt6kbyep, give a man a fish & he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish. & he'll sit in a boat & drink beer all day.

[@TimH-pu2dd]

A great mind. He will be greatly missed.

[@EricHall-zv6ys]

R.I.P. Dr. Daniel Dennett.

[@iemy2949]

Daniel Dennett, thank you so much for being you, for what you’ve contributed to philosophy, and for making your ideas broadly accessible in your public talks.

[@mikep2071]

He will be greatly missed. He was a voice of reason in a world that increasingly unreasonable.

[@shepshep8654]

Living with religious trauma can be difficult & lonely. Knowing other atheists exist and care about each other is life changing.

[@blaizegottman4139]

I feel sorry for you then

[@shepshep8654]

@@blaizegottman4139 Thanks man, I'm doing better these days.

[@jeffkrantz6872]

​@@blaizegottman4139feeling sorry can open the mind to understanding the evolving intellect. ..

[@VoteForWomensRights]

Atheist here! Morality and caring does not need a book. It only needs a heart! ❤️

[@itzhexen0]

@@VoteForWomensRights Oh we can see all the caring by both the religious and the atheist's. Bunch of nut jobs.

[@JamesMostowski]

I’m a 71 year old man who was raised in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. I was lucky to go to a LCMS high school where we studied other religions and I continued to study other religions when in college. I found that all populations from around the world had their own religions and that they were made up by humans for their time. I became an atheist soon after. I’m glad that you had Daniel Dennett on your program as he was a major contributor to my turning atheist. Brilliant conversation.

[@bobriquardo5317]

Thank you for this comment.

[@jimohara]

I don’t understand why you would think that just because you don’t agree with the tenets of a particular religion or any other religion you would automatically assume that there is no God. Or higher power or Supreme Being or something else, that there’s more to all creation than initially meets the eye.

[@MarcillaSmith]

If only there were like a universal religion. Don't misunderstand, people can be free to choose as they believe (and vice versa), but if there was just some sort of global church that was widely-present in different places, but with a single center where everything could be hashed out in a spirit of holiness. And preferably with some sort of pedigree. Basically one, holy, universal, and pedigreed church. I would totally join a church that had those 4 conditions.

[@stuff3219]

@@jimohara He said he was Lutheran, so that approx nails down the definition of "God", which he decided he doesn't believe in. Of course there are many fantastic things out there in the universe beyond what we initially see, but we can dismiss Hinduism as being an accurate description of it (this is obvious to us both). Same with you religion.

[@stuff3219]

@@MarcillaSmith But "religion", by definition, is unsupported by evidence. It would be called "science" if it were otherwise. This makes it impossible to find any agreement (which is why there are so many religions, but only 1 "chemistry", for example). But I do agree with Dennett that we need a better way to engage with community that doesn't involve compulsory nonsense.

[@jbecksax]

I truly thank you for having Mr. Dennett on as your guest. I have been a fan of his work for years & it helped me understand my position in life. Great interview & to many more.

[@ianreed9571]

"A delusion held by one person is a mental illness, held by a few is a cult, held by many is a religion."~Robert Todd Carroll~

[@blaizegottman4139]

Well he's wrong

[@ClannCholmain]

@@blaizegottman4139it’s self evident.

[@stuff3219]

@@blaizegottman4139I'm always fascinated by how people handle other religions. Surely you don't believe in all of them? Therefore at least some delusional stuff is going on. How do you decide? (I've asked this to many people in real life, they *always* evade the question).

[@ClannCholmain]

@@stuff3219 same here. It’s an ego thing we are all guilty of in some respects.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

@@stuff3219Great questions!

[@Rockyandmom]

Wonderful to see/hear a hero on the show.. sad to hear of his passing today. Dr Daniel Dennet will be sorely missed.

[@dennisking68]

RIP. This must have been one of his last interviews.

[@sl1244]

David - this was one of your most insightful conversations I’ve heard from your channel. I immensely enjoyed listening and hope you continue doing more like these in the future

[@pamelapilling6996]

Thanks David for a wonderful conversation.

[@russwoodward8251]

Wow, Dr. Daniel Dennett. An amazing and relevant interview. Many thanks David Pakman.

[@HayCorvus]

Wow, I'm a recent Computer Science graduate and if I had Dr. Dennett as a professor in college, I'd elect for and have perfect attendance in all of his courses. I could listen to this guy for hours, might have to go pick up one of his books. He's absolutely right. No need for sci-fi manifestations when there are real problems happening beneath our noses and the public apathy is nightmarish and bordering on dystopic.

[@Autumn_Blessings]

Have you read The Precipice by Toby Ord?

[@HayCorvus]

@@Autumn_Blessings Might just have to now

[@SquarelyGames]

Amazing to have one of the most prominent modern philosophers as your professor! 😮

[@urbangorilla33]

I'd recommend "Intuition Pumps and other Thinking Tools".

[@johnoglesby-vw7ck]

Highly recommend Intuition Pump for general, Breaking The Spell for religion

[@captainbeefheart5815]

Dennett’s most interesting ideas don’t have anything to do with atheism. I like his ideas about evolution creating purposes, free floating rationales, teleology in biology, competence without comprehension, bottom-up complexity, compatibilist free will, abstract objects as “real patterns,” and his idea of the physical, design, and intentional stances.

[@blaizegottman4139]

Evolution is false

[@evertvdb000]

And mental pararsites. or memes that dominate human behavior.

[@MargaretTovrea]

Thank you for the reminder to re-visit Dennett's writings.

[@trukxelf]

Then is he out of his wheel house in overblowing this; as many laws and norms already exist that may check technology more than we know?

[@Drew_goo]

@@trukxelfhuh? He is talking about problems that have no legality?? What law has passed restricting chat gpt style ai?

[@gregorybrown9101]

R. I. P., professor. 😢

[@jvalfin3359]

@@OikPoinFive Daniel Dennett being in hell is just your wishful thinking. He is dead now, but his ideas and his work stays with us. It's a bit weird for you to express delight for the idea of Daniel Dennett getting damned to hell. It's like you're getting off from this. Well, to each their own, I guess. There's no hate quite like Christian love.

[@stranger2Utube]

Daniel Denett is a man of great wisdom, thank you for inviting him David.

[@teejay3272]

Great interview. CNN ran a really interesting story the other day about why people are reluctant to call themselves atheists. It also explored how atheists are perceived. Which is the antithesis to my experience. I personally have never had a belief in the supernatural and, like Mr. Dennett touched on, that "needing" something can easily be replaced by what we see around us. Particularly nature. When religion all but expires for humanity, which will happen, it'll be a much smoother runway for life.

[@eduardorickrot4763]

What a legend. Reading some of his books as a teenager and young adult really helped me develop my mind, and also my English.

[@SaintJoanOnJonesSt]

David, this has been wonderful. First, I hope Mr. Dennett is okay - a bit disconcerting to see him all bandaged up! What an uplifting and brilliant interview with this wise elder of our earth. You are so good at drawing people out and creating an atmosphere of listening and respect. Thank you!

[@michelebella677]

It seems like he might have had some cancerous growths removed, but I could be wrong.

[@MoreLifePlease]

​@@michelebella677I thought maybe he'd taken a tumble but you could be right. The sun is not a friend to skin like his.

[@user-ib7jr6uu1b]

Daniel Dennett, thank you for you kind words regarding people "who have no one to love them" at the end of your interview. Indeed, an important role for religion. As a primary care physician for 3 years I can attest to this, and feel grief over its loss with the loss of faith in community - quite apart from the question of the existence of God. Having followed the path of atheism in my own life development, and having been influenced by your thought, I have come around (over many years) to feel and believe that in fact the notion of "God" means something - something deeper than even religion gives it - and that in time it will be okay to return to faith in a naturalistic way that explains and supports the notion of God, and lets us return to the experience and life of faith in an authentic way.

[@ianreed9571]

"The God's that we've made are the God's you'd expect to be made by a species that's about a half a chromosome away from being a chimpanzee."~Christopher Hitchens~

[@georgejones3526]

A combined chromosome. That’s why we have 46 and they have 48.

[@diannabryzicki7111]

Humans have 46 chromosomes, whereas chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan have 48. This major karyotypic difference was caused by the fusion of two ancestral chromosomes to form human chromosome 2 and subsequent inactivation of one of the two original centromeres (Yunis and Prakash 1982).

[@MrBlasphemeux]

Exactly, we're not at the center of the universe! We're so insignifiant!

[@urbangorilla33]

@@MrBlasphemeux And yet we are not insignificant because we are drastically changing the biosphere and threatening the stability of life on Earth.

[@SmileZephyr]

@@urbangorilla33good point

[@ronismith9883]

Awesome presentation David! I can't tell you the effect that religion had on my relationship with my mother, who could behave any way she wanted 6 days a week as long as she was in church on Sunday! She was a vile human being, judgmental beyond belief, casting her nastiness far and wide, until Sunday came and she appeared in that building! My whole family walked away from "religion" because of what she witnessed in her. Thank you for presenting such an educated awareness on this subject by a very bright man! I feel redeemed.

[@atheTITS7789]

Are you ok Daniel Dennet? Where did those injuries come from? I wish you the best.

[@jeffkrantz6872]

Philosophers where the precursors hundreds of years before Christianity that are unspokenly the contributers to many written facts which contribute to much of today's religious beliefs. Great coverage. Thanks,David Packman. ..

[@zxys001]

"There is no polite way of asking someone to consider whether they wasted their life on an illusion." - Daniel Dennett

[@sulljoh1]

Didn't he correct this quote in the interview? It was "have you even considered the possibility that maybe you’ve wasted your life on this?"

[@PrestoJacobson]

Don't get it twisted: 10:45

[@zxys001]

@@sulljoh1 "There is no polite way of asking someone to consider whether they wasted their life on an illusion."

[@bhupindertube]

Wow, Dan was participating in Podcasts all the way till the end. He has left a wealth of knowledge behind.

[@TheNiteinjail]

Daniel is an amazing guy... So good to hear from him.

[@davidcline471]

So wonderful to hear Dennet, always the warmest and most courteous. When he says "nobody loves them," he says it caringly and with a love

[@auldlangsign3179]

Great to see him again and looking well.

[@VColossalV]

He looks like he has been in a bar fight, not sure about the looking well part

[@MisterFaucker]

Is that supposed to be funny?

[@KevinsDisobedience]

I can’t believe it took me this long time find this comment. Why did David not acknowledge this?

[@nietzschescodes]

Looks like he just survived a car accident.

[@senju2024]

I don't get it. Did he not already passed away? Why would you say he is looking well if he is dead?

[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

Amazing man. RIP Daniel.

[@Spock_Rogers]

I love Daniel Dennett! I've watched quite a few of his videos. 👍 I gave up religion for Lent. 😉

[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

Interesting that Dennett had some good words about religion. Last thing I expected. I love his ideas!

[@AThagoras]

Dennett nailed it! One of humanity's most important issues for us right now is counterfeit humans and counterfeit reality.

[@SteveOfTheMountains]

Daniel's talk about how religion compares to a parasite finding a host and controlling the brain really caused an unraveling of the things i was taught as child. And it was qn exhilarating experience. I wanted to hear more. That was how I learned about the 4 horse men of atheism. Thank you

[@tadmorrison]

Dan Dennett helped change both my attitude and my sense of humility. I am grateful.

[@sanderanocic]

What an absolutely fascinating man and amazing insights he has, I’m buying his books as soon as possible! Thank you for your time and I hope you’ll heal just fine! Thank you.

[@mariomario1462]

Daniel Dennet is intelligent and smart! He is a treasure.

[@oldschoolman1444]

It gives me hope to see more people leaving religion. Religion is like an abusive parent, you're broken so worship me now, or else!

[@jamesmedina2062]

it really is a moral dilemma when a person is so proud and resistant to self-analysis, learning and change. Your summary of religion is a manipulation of the great thing about the thousands of humble Christians who are actively growing and adapting each day.

[@smitty347]

@@jamesmedina2062 Those are not the types of Christians one should worry about. The ones that are dangerous are the ones that take their bible seriously.

[@jamesmedina2062]

@@smitty347 Well define: take the book seriously. We have major hypocrites in Congress. We have a serious issue with willful blindness to the contradictions between Judaism and Christianity, and to lively debate within a church. But seriously the old Testament is extremely different from teachings of Jesus.

[@smitty347]

@@jamesmedina2062 Yeah, so what you do is you take the parts you like and ignore the parts you don't. That's called cherry picking. The more cherry picking Christians do, the better people they usually are.

[@jamesmedina2062]

@@smitty347 well thats especially true for Muslims too, otherwise they would have to kill all the infidels.

[@rsia08]

My man! Dennett doesn't make enough media appearances.

[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

Dennett is always interesting. 😊

[@vargonian]

I’m glad that Dennett is still fighting the good fight. Clearly it’s gotten violent lately.

[@vargonian]

Yikes, I had no idea.

[@DamonD_Absences]

R.I.P. to a giant

[@ClannCholmain]

Incessant curiosity is the key.

[@danielm5161]

Dan Dennet is one of the best philosopher's of our time

[@BiffTannenBTTF]

An absolute legend!!!! Wow David. You’re getting some heavy hitters lately.

[@KalebPeters99]

This was such a great interview! Thanks Dave and Dan 🙏🙏🙏

[@alienanxiety]

He also is a member of fight club.

[@Uncle_GenX]

The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club

[@canocohen4218]

Shhhhh!

[@wheressteve]

What is this "fight club" that you speak of ?

[@joeaddison7120]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alienanxiety]

@@Uncle_GenX I’m not a member, so I’m unshackled by its tenets.

[@EclecticOmnivore]

Dennett never came across to me as hostile. I think if anyone did see it as hostile, they interpreted his reasonable and well thought out words as an attack on their own sense of self.

[@kathleenroberts6931]

Why were we taught to fear witches and not the people who burned them? They were all medicine women ❤

[@killphil9119]

Yes, I believe a lot of the so-called witches were in fact midwives and the more educated women. Basically whoever were a threat to the men of the church at that time.

[@informationalself3063]

Dr Daniel Dennett died today. Information is real. Maybe what he conveyed somehow survives in those that he influenced, like me.

[@kevingold1091]

David, you have really upped your game and are on a roll! Great interview, keep up the great work! (And look out Lex, you've got some real competition here. lol)

[@blaizegottman4139]

I'm surprised he believes him about fake atheism

[@fredstockgate5029]

Folks, is David telling you the truth about the facts? Consider the facts. See with your eyes, not your ears. TRUTH... Who favors Putin? Who favors Illegals over Black American Citizens? The Eye/Ear thing applies Trump and Republicans Sanctioned Putin Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline. Trump showed Anti Putin Biden and Democrats gave Putin a gift and Lifted those Sanctions right away. Biden showed Pro Putin Dems are lying and their voters don't know it or don't care Trump and Republicans Secured our Borders to Protect America Biden and Democrats immediately Opened Our Borders up to the entire world and Democrats are telling Black Americans to give up their Communities. They are giving away their Schools, Community Centers, Med Center, and $$$ to Illegals. WHY didn't Dems ever offer these FREE checks and FREE benefits to Black Americans? Democrat Governor Hochul is trying to give STATE JOBS to Illegals but didn't do this for Black American Citizens. (I think it was around 4,000 jobs all total) The Border Bill Dems are pushing will allow 35,000 Illegals per week. Over a million a yr. Trump and Republicans want to Close the Border again. So folks, check facts and see with your eyes, not your ears. Semper Fi USA

[@RMPdude]

Excellent interview. Thank you both.

[@jjreddick377]

Mr Dennet passed . This might be his last interview

[@sunmustbedestroyed]

RIP

[@garycpriestley]

What a brilliant mind. Thanks for having him on. I agree that we have clear and present dangers with ID theft and AI will make this an incredible challenge to overcome. I'm sure we will with some sort of Turing test but even then there will be many that will happily accept the challenge to beat that within a few years.

[@jackcrassus168]

I hope he is alright, the world needs Daniel Dennett. One of the four horsemen.

[@coldstream11]

??

[@jimohara]

The world needs him and all like him to be refuted and accepted to some extent but rejected to another extent.

[@alexisarouge]

I miss Christopher Hitchens. Wonder all the time how he would be dealing with Trump, the evangelicals and foreign affairs.

[@k1988smith]

One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Is that a compliment?!!?

[@jackcrassus168]

@@k1988smith of the highest order. Look up four horsemen: Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris, Dennett

[@CaptainOnePocket]

Wonderful interview. Thank you. Mr. Dennet has such a kind and gentle presence.

[@SuperRickflick]

Great questions David. Goodby Professor Dennett, wherever you are.

[@FigmentHF]

RIP, beautiful mind. 🙏🏻✨

[@ashleycheechoo3845]

Excellent and insightful interview- thank you David.

[@RandallChase1]

I am a Christian, I’ve read Dennet, Harris, Dawkins, Hitchens. While I don’t find their arguments against theism to be convincing I do enjoy hearing their perspectives. And I love learning from others views.

[@MC-br1gk]

What is the most convincing thing in the Bible that makes you a believer despite logic and reason?

[@yonaoisme]

theism doesn't need to be convinced out of. to this day, there is not a single good reason for theism that isn't logically unsound.

[@782YKW]

​@@MC-br1gk Daniel Dennet was a great mind and one of the great champions of reason. He was greatly influenced by Hume and Darwin. Christians believe their faith in the idea that "Jesus is Lord" offers eternal salvation and gives access to certain spiritual experiences. As a non Christian believer, who believe no such thing, how can you argue against it ? You cannot disprove their claim as a an athiest or agnostic, because you have never (truly) accepted their faith . Any argument between a Christian believer and an athiest or agnostic will lead nowhere. We either believe or we don't.

[@MC-br1gk]

@@782YKW blah blah blah

[@782YKW]

@@MC-br1gk What does 'blah blah blah' mean ?

[@lewisb85]

You can see how unwell he is here, RIP Daniel I really enjoyed your books.

[@glenncurry3041]

Really great to hear from this man! Shakey changed my life!

[@billy9497able]

RIP Mr. Dennett

[@cram3004]

Excellent conversation

[@mrrecluse7002]

Awesome interview, David. Mr. Dennett is inspiring. I may as well be an atheist, but I'm not quite there yet. I long abandoned the notion that god is something that hears prayers, or is in any way capable of being something which can separately interact with humankind. If that kind of god exists, it must be "hiding somewhere in South America."

[@eternalsunshine313]

He was a great man. RIP.

[@svendtang5432]

Denneth just passed away.. a great mind leaves us.. ❤😢

[@noopy24]

amazing interview 😮

[@ojtrumpet]

Thanks David for this interview with a fovourite of mine, Dan Dennet!

[@jonnyholmberg]

So, it’s basically about being good and helpful without needing to be threatened with eternal punishment if you aren’t. Daniel Dennet was an example of this being possible. Liberating.

[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

I wish the interview was much longer, as it seemed that they were just getting into some interesting ideas. 😮

[@pamvanallen3919]

Great guest, David.

[@jackintosh]

I already miss this man. I didnt agree with him on everything but i respect the hell out of his brilliance. He is and will be missed.

[@robertrathswohl9983]

Great Interview.

[@LimitlessThinker]

I have his book Breaking the Spell. It was awesome. Love Daniel Dennett.

[@SwolllenGoat]

mr dennett looks a bit rough.................. hope he is well.............

[@vikspod]

I was wondering what happened. Guess we'll never know. All the best to him

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

I think he flipped his 'vette. I wish him a speedy recovery!

[@grantbeck9228]

older people fall down and hit their head all the time....

[@usware5240]

@@majesticpbjcat7707don't make shit up

[@Phatbiker1]

Reminds me of my dad when he had skin cancer. Out of desperation after all the main stream medical treatments didn't work he went to a Marijuana dispensary. He got some cannabis oil, mixed it with some alovera and put it on the lesions. They were gone in six weeks, his doctor couldn't believe it.

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

I was eleven years old when I realized religion isn’t real. “One Way” in the early 1960s in California was my whole life. I felt I had to be mistaken but I clearly wasn’t. It was terrifying for a child. But I forced myself to accept that I was living in a culture where almost everyone was living a lie. The ending of the remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” reminded me of my youth, hiding my truth. I didn’t dare tell anyone that I was an atheist until I got into the Army. Now I pretty much wear my reason proudly on my sleeve.

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

As for nature… I’ve got wild skunks in my backyard.

[@jimohara]

Have you no further advancements to make, soldier?

[@kevchard5214]

Great interview David. Daniel Dennett is and always has been a true breath of fresh air to the stupidity that surrounds all of us today.

[@jimohara]

No, he’s part of the stupidity. Doesn’t mean he’s not a stepping stone to something better.

[@sunshinedenney8695]

❤ It's hard to see this beautiful man all banged up. I wish for you quick healing.

[@user-ql3qu1mx2g]

Genius 😎 they were all so intimidated by your soft voice. Thank you for embracing mine. 2nd yoda , free you set me.

[@jim3099]

Best interview ever.

[@joannamariaochoa6830]

Well done David, down with religion 🎉❤😊

[@semaifirtes]

Best guest ever

[@Darhan62]

I'm a "spiritual atheist," with sympathies for Donald Hoffman's ideas about conscious agents, but it's good to check in with Daniel Dennett, whose contributions to intellectual discourse can't be denied.

[@OddwicMusic]

RIP to one of the best

[@hiddenLynx2023]

thank you!!!

[@corythacker671]

I love his explanation and different perspective on ‘’homelessness”- people who need love and a home to go to when there is nowhere else to go.

[@birdstrikes]

Love DD!

[@jimohara]

DD is out of date. He’s got the mindset of the past. The shedding of religious dogma does not automatically equate to atheism. Failure to realize and recognize the the world you’ve been thrown into leads to atheism.

[@SuperSuperspoof]

I will miss Daniel Dennett so much.

[@Group.B]

He’s not dead yet

[@SuperSuperspoof]

It seems like this is his first public appearance in a while. Am I wrong?

[@charlytaylor1748]

And now a sad loss. Goodbye Daniel

[@CharlieAndFrankie]

I had the luxury of being raised by an open-minded mother who just wanted me to be happy. I got to experience so many religions growing up and go with all my friends to their religious events and spaces. Because of this, I never believed in any of them. Not just one can be correct nor can they all.

[@johndonovan7897]

I will miss Dan Dennett. I agree that humans need to believe in something bigger than themselves, and for me the universe and my attempts to understand it (science) serves that purpose.

[@nietzschescodes]

Was this filmed after his death? Seriously, though, what happened to him? Was he recently before the video in a car accident?

[@P40oz]

Its part of being old. Could be from a fall, or could be from blood thinners that make bruising easy