# There Is No Central Headquarters by Daniel Dennett > "There is no central Headquarters, no Cartesian Theatre where it all comes together." > **— Daniel Dennett**, *Consciousness Explained (1991), excerpt candidate* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Consciousness Explained (1991), excerpt candidate. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Escape Hatch in the Skull|Escape Hatch in the Skull]] - **Article:** [[articles/Science of Digital Consciousness|Science of Digital Consciousness]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Third Possibility|The Third Possibility]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Daniel Dennett|Daniel Dennett]] - [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Consciousness Indicators|Consciousness Indicators]] - [[wiki/Machine Consciousness|Machine Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Hard Problem of Consciousness|Hard Problem of Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Digital Minds|Digital Minds]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "There is no central Headquarters, no Cartesian Theatre where it all comes together." — Daniel Dennett, Consciousness Explained (1991), excerpt candidate https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-daniel-dennett-no-central-headquarters ```