I heard it as an elision without a comma following the introductory phrase.
Try:
"When it finds a spot to [do so], it takes root; it doesn't need its brain
anymore,
so it eats it."
~ Dan
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From: "MJ Walker" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: Thought for the day
> Actually, Dave, since Ken thanked you for the exact wording - I was
> wondering what the exact wording is, since the first half of the 3rd
> sentence is obviously the reult of a slip in transcription. A spot
> to...what?
> cheers
> Martin
>
> Kenneth Wolman wrote:
>
>> David Bircumshaw wrote:
>>
>>> "The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a
>>> suitable hunk of rock or coral to cling to and make its home for life.
>>> For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds a spot
>>> to it takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it.
>>> It's rather like getting tenure."
>>>
>>> Daniel Dennett - 'Consciousness Explained'
>>
>>
>> THANK YOU! I have been looking for the exact wording to this since I
>> first saw it about 10 years ago.
>>
>> ken
>>
>
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