pickInspiring but not fluffy. Bregman brings the FACTS, often debunking the previously unexamined version of well known stories and studies that bolster cynicism/negative view of humanity. He also explores some of the darkest moments in history to tease out the factors at play/how those could have occurred if we're to take a more hopeful view of humanity. I appreciated the 'new realism': positive change can occur, there's proof it's happened before.
New word alert! New to me, anyway. ☺️
Criticaster: a minor or inferior critic
How to critique your critic in one word!
so-soA little too flowery at times and def slightly dated, but still a really beautiful and fascinating delve into the beauty and insanity of living.
Read partially with grace. Found at mom's house.
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pickThis book was great, but prepare to do some heavy lifting emotionally and intellectually. Some of the science in here is degree-level stuff.
This is a highly technical rundown of all the factors underpinning the sociobiology and neurobiology of behaviour. It's fascinating stuff & quite an achievement.
I'm not sold on the theory that free will doesn't exist, but otherwise a solid, rational, & cerebral read.
Plus a tasty wagon wheel.
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"that we personally can cause change."
But not through any volition of our own?
Make up your mind, Sapolsky. Do we have agency? Can we effect causality? I'm not sure you're as committed to this "no free will" as you make out ?
If he is simply saying that our ability to make decisions and act is organic rather than magical, I wouldn't argue.
I shall have to read his new book "Determined" to explore his thoughts further...
Follow on from previous post.
Maybe a more pertinent question is what is sentience?The difference between the mechanical decision and the less easier to define WILL and IDENTITY behind an action.
Perhaps what neuroscience is yet to discover is the basis of sentience; whereas the field has made enormous leaps in the neurobiology of behaviour, we are yet to uncover the physiological basis of our sense of self or recreate it artificially.
