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Re: [xmca] Fwd: "The Tip of the Hippocampus"(!)
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- Subject: Re: [xmca] Fwd: "The Tip of the Hippocampus"(!)
- From: mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 13:55:25 -0800
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Monika--
One prominent developmental neuroscientist I quote somewhere likens the
environments of poor kids to rats in cages in isolation.
Who do I turn to looking for responsibility for such voluntarily offered
opinions, back by the authority of "developmental science" in venues that
affect public policy including the treatment of poor kids and their
families?
mike
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > -----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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