Quote on Pandeism (泛自然神論 ...很怪的譯名)

Since God is not a being, he is therefore not intelligible... This means not only that we cannot understand him, but also that he cannot understand himself. Creation (of the Universe) is a kind of divine effort by God to understand himself, to see himself in a mirror. - Jeremiah Genest, John Scottus Eriugena: Life and Works

Book Report: Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett

Not too recommended. Although he has some very valid arguments, quoting very valid experiments and thought experiments, he had delivered his points with a drag-on factor of larger than 2.0 (my meaning of saying that he could have written the book in 200 pages while he did it in 400).

His thesis (of his so-called Heterophenomenology view of consciousness) is too controversial to have it concluded in so briefly written chapters in the end of the book. But his references to other subjects (of which he believed were supporting his argument) (such as his evolutionary view of consciousness and meme’s evolution) are quite satisfactory in summarizing the entire field of study.

But I assume there should have books that are a lot more concise in summarizing the field, while the nature of the consciousness is still seems to be in a battlefield of discussion.