Kluge: the haphazard construction of the human mind

03/05/08 09:57
"Humans are the only species capable of logical reasoning, abstract thought and complex language. So you might think it forgivable that we sell ourselves as a superiour species. But if you stop to think about it, if we're so darned clever, why can't we find our car keys, stick to a diet or remember what we ate for breakfast two days ago? Dr. Gary Marcus, a cognitive neuroscientist at New York University, says it has to do with the fact that our brain is far from the biological super-computer we like to think it is. His new book, Kluge, the hapharzard construction of the human mind, argues that the brain is poorly-cobbled construction, built by imperfect evolutionary engineering." (Fra Quirks and Quarks)

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