208 - The Extended Mind - Annie Murphy Paul
You Are Not So Smart
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Philosopher Andy Clark and David Chalmers are two philosophers who came out with an article in 1998 called the extended mind. It was rejected by three academic journals before it was, it was accepted by a journal called analysis and later became one of the most cited articles in philosophy. The idea that something outside your head could effectively carry out some of your mental functions started to seem like kind of plausible, you know? I think technology is the way into understanding the extended mind because we all know that our smartphones are kind of like mini brains,.
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