From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Foreign Policy and Zombies Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:52:42 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > He responded that, considering the coming Zombie Apocalypse, what > with all the broken down cars, he'd be able to drive around them, and > up on the sidewalk, and so be able to get away from the zombies.... He might also point out that nobody ever got trapped in a burning or sinking motorcycle. In a crash, he's sure to be thrown free, which means he'll be completely safe. (Momentum, what's that?) Without motorcycles, where would donor organs come from? I recently read _Consciousness Explained_ by Daniel Dennett, a non-fiction book which spent whole chapters discussing the "zombie problem." He seems to think it's mainly a concern for philosophers, and that he's solved the problem. He also kept going on about brains. So maybe Dennett is a zombie himself, and is just trying to get us to let our guard down. Just see if I go to any book signings of his.