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Daniel Dennett on Minds, Evolution, and Culture

The Royal Institution · Lecture · YouTube title: If Brains are Computers, Who Designs the Software? - with Daniel Dennett
Why it's here

Cited as an excellent entry point to Dennett's thinking on minds, memes and competence without comprehension.

What it covers

Daniel Dennett's Royal Institution lecture on whether the brain is a computer and where its software comes from. He argues that minds are built by evolution and culture, with competence arising without comprehension.