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223 | Tania Lombrozo on What Explanations Are
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Is It Almost a Mirror Neuron Situation?
Is it almost a mirror neuron situation? Oh gosh, I think I'm going to not speculate about mirror neurons because I will get myself in trouble. You see, I'm adding on unnecessary neuroscience to make it a more compelling explanation. Yeah, people are going to think it's a better explanation. But I do like the idea that somehow, forget about the mirror neurons, but the embodiment of the explanation. There's a set of rules abstractly, okay, that's one thing. If I can picture myself in it, that's another level of appreciation of this purported explanation,. That's right, that's right. All of those notions seem to be much more like this sort of
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