“If I said to you I'd solved the hard problem, you wouldn't be able to guess whether it would be a formula, a model, a sensation, or a drug, ... What would I be giving you?”
“You can't do very much with it, ... It's the last resort, because what can you possibly do with that idea? You can't prove it or disprove it, and you can't test it. It doesn't offer an explanation, or any enlightenment, or any answers about why people feel the way they feel.”
“You talk about losing your mind or blowing your mind or being out of your mind, but those things don't necessarily entail a loss of consciousness, ... Similarly, when you lose your consciousness, when you go to sleep at night or when you're anesthetized, you don't really think that you're really going to be losing your mind.”
“A lot of South Americans maintain residences for personal use, not as investment rentals. They also may have places closer to home in Florida. The most sophisticated buyers have larger residences in which they maintain a full-time staff.”
