I've been meaning to post this interesting presentation by Dan Dennet which I got reminded of after reading the debates and news that followed the recent bombing in the Maldives.

Daniel Dennett is a very prominent philosopher with research centering on the very interesting areas of philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. If you study anything to do with cognition, be it philosophy or psychology or (like me) artificial intelligence, then you are sure to have come across his papers and ideas.

This presentation comes from TED Talks (2002) and is titled "Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes". Many of you will disagree with it outright but the concepts he presents are, to me atleast, pretty powerful and food for thought in light of the bombing and the events that keep unfolding since. Check it out below...