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146: The Extended Mind, with Annie Murphy Paul

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The Well Spring of Human Intelligence

We think that to do serious, real thinking, what that requires is to sit still and to work your brain until the em until the task is done. We are cutting ourselves off from this well spring of human intelligence, which is our body. The idea that the brain is like a computer has led to a very fruitfula research program but in terms of how we think about the brain day to day, it's really unhealphful.

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