In yet another, no doubt foredoomed, attempt to get in touch with my inner homunculus (and he with his, he with his, he with his, …), I shall be attending the conference Toward a Science of Consciousness in Tucson, April 8-12.

Knowing nobody in Tucson, I am entirely open to suggestions from Tucsonian NRO readers as to meetings for drinks, chat, and food, subject to the strict condition that I pay my share in all cases. There’s an email address on my website. Preferences as follows:

  • Bars — Respectable (i.e. serving staff fully clothed in opaque fabrics).
  • Food — I’m always keen to sample local specialties. Might draw line at dishes made from cactus, snakes, scorpions, or meteorites.
  • Chat — Indiscreet revelations about local politicians very welcome. Slanderous and unverifiable gossip concerning local U.S. senators particularly appreciated.

[Mis-reading the conference schedule, I thought for one disorienting moment that Benjamin Libet, the great pioneer of Consciousness Studies, was billed as a speaker. That would have been a breakthrough in the field.]