Full Idea
Given the way dualism wallows in mystery, accepting dualism is giving up.
Gist of Idea
Dualism wallows in mystery, and to accept it is to give up
Source
Daniel C. Dennett (Consciousness Explained [1991], 2.4)
Book Reference
Dennett,Daniel C.: 'Consciousness Explained' [Penguin 1993], p.37
A Reaction
Some things, of course, might be inherently mysterious to us, and we might as well give up. The big dualist mystery is the explanation of how such different substances can interact. How do two physical substances manage to interact?