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The Mind Machine by Colin Blakemore, Richard Hutton (Hardcover, 1988)

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by earl_stan
21 Jan, 2023
Fascinating science. Distilled, but not dumbed-down.
The WorldWideWeb is a brilliant resource, that allows truths- and rubbish - to be shared quickly. But even before the inception of the Web, (Professor) Richard Feynman had coined the phrase "Cargo Cult Science" to label the rubbish. This book is the opposite of what Feynman was lambasting, i.e. it is Science. The Mind Machine was an engaging TV series, but the book has room to explain in greater detail. It is not a dry, boring book without any application to everyday life. However, it is not a gimmick "self-help" book. It is (to me) genuinely interesting science of "the mind". Many areas are covered, and although I have a much longer attention-span that the average TikTok addict, I thought Professor Blakemore's book never lagged. It also has pictures....In beautiful technicolour... But it is not aimed at the very young. Seeing an ovum mid-way through being mobbed by swimmers is a window to a fascinating, largely unknown, world. And the isolation of the mysterious entity dubbed "Factor-S" was an astonishing example of perseverence. It required 3000 litres of what I would call "source fluid"...ahem. Not a task that I would have the patience to undertake, and I can honestly say that the hard work proved illuminating, even for a layperson such as me. Overall, an excellent book that treads a fine line between dispassionate scientific enquiry and what we see as the everyday world.
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