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Re:Is there anything it is like to be a bat? by hprotagonist on Sunday August 04, 2019 @01:09PM (#20607790)
If you are merely a sceptic, you must sooner or later ask yourself the question, "Why should ANYTHING go right; even observation and deduction? Why should not good logic be as misleading as bad logic? They are both movements in the brain of a bewildered ape?" The young sceptic says, "I have a right to think for myself." But the old sceptic, the complete sceptic, says, "I have no right to think for myself. I have no right to think at all."

There is a thought that stops thought. That is the only thought that ought to be stopped.

Chesterton, 1908.

Re:Is there anything it is like to be a bat? by Nicksil on Saturday August 03, 2019 @10:09PM (#20604039)
Actual URL to the thing: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/14a9/7d0d27a87a21f31797c11a...

The URL given is a Google out link.

Re:Is there anything it is like to be a bat? by zaroth on Saturday August 03, 2019 @10:08PM (#20604034)
Judging from the first page, the writing on this seems to be approximately a grade-school level 2nd or 3rd draft?

I mean, if this was fully original content written by an algorithm it’s quite impressive! But I’m not sure an algorithm would have typos.

Re:Is there anything it is like to be a bat? by jtbayly on Saturday August 03, 2019 @10:02PM (#20604003)
Typo in title.

Should be “Is there...”