Re: [xmca] Fwd: "The Tip of the Hippocampus"(!)

[Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>]

On 27 November 2012 15:11, monica.hansen
<monica.hansen@vandals.uidaho.edu>wrote:

> This is my favorite quote of this piece, Mike: "Neuroscience has joined
> company with other totalizing worldviews - Marxism, Freudianism, critical
> theory - that have been victim to overuse and misapplication."
>
> I also like the term "brain porn".
>
> I don't think it is the fault of neuroscientists, however, that everyone
> wants to jump on the bandwagon and use what passes for the most respected
> form of evidence. I think that little bit of wanting to formulate an
> argument with proper support has to go to the rhetoricians.
>
>
And behind the rhetoricians lie the readers.

Huw



> Monica
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
> Behalf Of mike cole
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 10:51 AM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture,Activity
> Subject: [xmca] Fwd: "The Tip of the Hippocampus"(!)
>
> This article from the NY Times was forwarded it to me. I thought it might
> be of interest to others on the list.
> mike
>
>
> Date: 2012/11/25
> Subject: "The Tip of the Hippocampus"(!)
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