[MD] A "Real" Science of Mind

[John Carl]

Great stuff Marsha.  I too loved the John Cleese bit AND the MoQ-apropos
explanation that reality has distinctly different levels:

"To understand biology, one must think in biological terms."

Very good indeed.

John

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 5:04 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

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>     "First, it provides little insight into psychological phenomena...
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>     Second, brains-in-love talk conflates levels of explanation.
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>     The third thing wrong with neurobabble is that it has pernicious
> feedback effects on science itself.  Too much immature science has received
> massive funding, on the assumption that it illuminates psychology.  The idea
> that the neural can replace the psychological is the same idea that led to
> thinking that all psychological ills can be cured with drugs."
>
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> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/a-real-science-of-mind/
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