A heroine in Tarantino's Curdled was so eager to know whether a human head will be able to speak after it is cut that she couldn't rest until she found out for herself. Is it a true axiom that says a human body cannot live without brain?
Daniel Dennett argues that without language there is no consciousness, there is no self, and thus animals and baby are not conscious. Very interesting.
"What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not because it is assumed to be false, but because it might be true?" asked to "who's who" of third culture scientists and science-minded thinkers