“How does language interact with thought? Does language enable us to think, or does thinking enable us to talk? Can we think in a sophisticated manner without silent internal speech? And lastly, how did this extraordinarily complex, multicomponent system originally come into existence in our hominin ancestors?”
― The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
― The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
“How does language interact with thought? Does language enable us to think, or does thinking enable us to talk?”
― The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
― The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
“The crucial driver of evolution, Darwin understood, was not nature’s sense of purpose, but her sense of humor).”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
― The Gene: An Intimate History
“A model is a lie that helps you see the truth. —Howard Skipper”
― The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
― The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
“You cannot reason people out of positions they didn’t reason themselves into.”
― Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
― Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
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