Reddit reviews Proust Was a Neuroscientist
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Reddit reviews Proust Was a NeuroscientistWe found 3 Reddit comments about Proust Was a Neuroscientist. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
I just finished reading Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer and I had a bizarre feeling about his quotes and examples. It wasn't as if they were downright lies - I didn't think it went that far - but it seemed to me like he picked quotes and examples to specifically fit the exact point he was trying to make.
It's chilling to see that he was downright making up quotes and then trying to cover them up by lying about them.
Last time I read anything he writes.
I enjoyed Proust was a Neuroscientist quite a lot - essentially about the ways in which artists and philosophers got it right on how the mind works, that neuroscience is now confirming.
I just finished reading a good book that discussed this kind of thing:
http://www.amazon.com/Proust-Was-Neuroscientist-Jonah-Lehrer/dp/0547085907/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342805614&sr=8-1&keywords=proust+was+a+neuroscientist