Yeyo: I love coniman. 88 years old, and he's still sharp as canbehes. He calls these heristics deverskin coniman 'cognitive short cuts' They provide that short cut that says, i don't know why, i just like that, so let's go right? Yes. So yes, conoman would say that our brains are flawed by these kinds of em they have these built in cognitive biaces and flaws. But other others, hugo mercier and dance berber, have said, no, it's just because this is reasoning taking place in a context for which it didn't envolve. And whenreason takes place in
In this conversation about her new book, the acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul explodes the myth that the brain is an all-powerful, all-purpose thinking machine that works best in silence and isolation. We are often told that the human brain is an awe-inspiring wonder, but its capacities are remarkably limited and specific. Humanity has achieved its most impressive feats only by thinking outside the brain: by “extending” the brain’s power with resources borrowed from the body, other people, and the material world. The Extended Mind tells the stories of scientists and artists, authors and inventors, leaders and entrepreneurs — Jackson Pollock, Charles Darwin, Jonas Salk, Friedrich Nietzsche, Watson and Crick, among others — who have mastered the art of thinking outside the brain. It also explains how every one of us can do the same, tapping the intelligence that exists beyond our heads — in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships.