Burton, Robert
<p>Jun 12, 2013 06:45 PM
 
I will introduce Robert at Keplers on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 7:30PM
for an author's event when he presents A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind.
 
(see private notes)
 
Jun 27, 2013 10:10 PM
attended by perhaps 60 people.
Ken Lum (with Lo-Chung), Bud Whitlin, ? Bill Yeager, Josh Abend there.
good overview.
new:  locusts: change in behavior from solitary to crowded group;
slime mold navigating mazes and maps of Japan,
 
good to be reminded:
conductor as metaphor for consc (with actual music played by subconsc processes... the musicians)
the FEELING of knowing (and the aha)... another feeling  ( a la  fringe in James terminology)
Adrian Owen/ Steven Lauries on  PVS probing with scans (and their firm belief in their value).
 
 
Quotes from Russian novelists;
 
opening:  prev normal mother who murdered her own 18 month old child:
her explanation:  could not stand crying.
 
he invites us to explore our feelings as we go thru various cases... to try to grasp explanations.
 
 
 
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