The Blind Spot

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We could be getting, we want to get it out of our brainsas often as possible. And one of them is, as you said, talking it out. What was your favourite figure that illuminated thinking outside the brain in a way that made them extraordinary? You know, one story that comes to mind is am james watson, who, along with francis crick, was the discoverer of the double heliic structure of d and a. I mean, that's what i think it's, it's kind of crazy that we allow children, you know, to play in this embodied and an physical way,. We don't need to do that ass as grown ups

Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, and The Best American Science Writing. She is the author of Origins, selected by the New York Times Book Review as a “Notable Book,” and The Cult of Personality. Her TED Talk has been viewed more than 2.6 million times. Annie is a recipient of the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship, the Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship, and the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellowship at New America.

You can learn more about Annie at: anniemurphypaul.com.

Annie's book, The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, is available now.

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