Alan Hartley
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Re: Writing about Science - Brain Injury
I have often been intrigued by the brains ability, or inability, to adapt. Areas of the brain normally "mapped" for hearing or speech can be recruited to compensate for other sensory loss. Yet as an evolutionary organ of great complexity, it shows a somewhat limited ability to adapt and change when damaged. Why is it that after millions of years of evolution, the human body has not developed a more sophisticated repair mechanism? … Read More
January 14, 2008 |
Alan Hartley commented on Steven Pinker on Writing About Science on January 14, 2008, 6:08 PM
Living in the midwest I often envied the opportunities great thinkers had to engage in philosophical discourse. What would it have been like to have joined in with Freud, Adler, and Jung as they discussed philosophy and psychology? Thanks to technology I can now "listen in" to the big ideas. Thanks Steven.
Alan Hartley commented on Steven Pinker on Writing About Science on January 14, 2008, 11:08 PM
Living in the midwest I often envied the opportunities great thinkers had to engage in philosophical discourse. What would it have been like to have joined in with Freud, Adler, and Jung as they discussed philosophy and psychology? Thanks to technology I can now "listen in" to the big ideas. Thanks Steven.