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146: The Extended Mind, with Annie Murphy Paul

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I Men, How Did That Happen?

When they first started developing computers, they wanted it to think like a human younow. But at some point we turned it on its head, and now we're trying model our brains after computers. The problem with that metaphor is that it's still very braincentric, neuro centric. And what i love about the theory of the extended mind is that it opens up,. literally, the whole world to be brought into the thinking process and to help the thinking process along.

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