Mind Hacks

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all those who contributed their ideas, hacks, expertise, and time to this book. To all those who share their research and demonstrations online: you’re doing a wonderful thing.

Rael Dornfest has been our editor and guide. We’ve traveled a long way, and we wouldn’t have come even close to this point without him or, indeed, without the rest of the O’Reilly team. Thanks all.

Our technical editors and advisors have been absolute stars. Thanks for watching out for us. And of course, James Cronin, who, in Helsinki, provided both the wine and conversation necessary to conceive this book.

Many thanks to the BBC for being flexible and employing us both (in different capacities) part-time over the past few months. Thanks also to our colleagues and friends there and for Radio 4.

Amongst the many applications we’ve used, throughout planning, researching, and writing, the MoinMoin Python WikiClone ( http://moinmo.in/ ) has been the most valuable.

Oh, we must acknowledge the role of tea. So much tea. Possibly too much, it has to be said.

Tom

Matt was the best coauthor I could imagine having—thanks for getting me on board and for seeing us through. It’s been both an education and great fun.

I’d like to thank all my lecturers, friends, and colleagues in the department of psychology at the University of Sheffield. It was there that I acquired an appreciation of just what a good account of mind might be, and how exciting the endeavor to provide it is.

I couldn’t have made it without my family and friends—old, new, nearby, and far away. I am astoundingly grateful to everyone who took me out, shared time with me, fed and watered me, sheltered me, and was kind enough to indulge my occasionally overexcited blather. I have too much gratitude to be able to list names individually, but I’m sure you all know who you are.

Special thanks to my brother Jon, to Nicol who was always there and who always understood, and to Dan and Gemma who have been taking me out to play while I’ve been in London and who are both inspirational in their own way.

Matt

When I’ve read the effusive thanks and apologies authors give to their loved ones, I must admit I’ve thought it a little overdone. It turns out it’s not. Thank you, Ehsan.

Second, if you get a chance to go for a drink with Tom, don’t turn it down. Our weekly breakfast meetings over the summer have been mind-blowing.

For the record, my last point, the surface of my light cone is enveloping the star system p Eridani in the hours I write these words. p Eridani, hello!