The first chapter of Colin McGinn’s book The Mysterious Flame includes an excerpt from a science fiction story by Terry Bisson. A bit of simple tracking uncovered the mother ship of the entire text, which Mr. Bisson has graciously offered to the Creative Commons.
During these dog days of August, we find his brief dialogue between two alien intelligences both entertaining and perceptive, regarding the strange human paradox of sentient meat:
Desperado Philosophy 