VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Other Peter|DATE|1357814379|CONTENT|Ontology would seem to be the study of being, but without bothering to take into account any of the advances in our understanding of the real world and especially the human brain over the past few hundred years.

In other words, all the really interesting stuff which is covered in popular science books by the likes of Pinker (the Blank Slate), Sam Harris (Free Will) and in Jerry Coyne&#039;s mediations on the same topics on his blog. And in Richard Dawkins&#039; essay &quot;The Tyranny of the Discontinuous Mind&quot; which warns against our innate tendency to over-categorise.

Just imagine Lucy, you could have introduced your audience to some really mind-blowing, stop-you-in-your-tracks, counter-intuitive corners of reality in your three minutes.|EMAIL|peter.martin17@btconnect.com|IP-ADDRESS|57.66.65.3|MODERATIONFLAG|