dhw: Many thanks to David for a raft of interesting articles posted while I was enjoying myself with my family - age range 2-82! - in the magical county of Cornwall. It's going to take me a couple of days to catch up on all these posts, so please bear with me.

TONY: Welcome back! Don't worry, much of what David posted this week is confirmation of what you powerful thinkers have already concluded. You two should be proud; you stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the foremost intellectuals of our age.

dhw: That is very kind of you, but I suspect many of the foremost intellectuals of our age would disagree profoundly! […]

DAVID: Most 'foremost intellectuals' are materialists.

That is why they would strongly disapprove of you as a dualist and of me as a fence-sitter.