The Mind Is Flat: The Illusion of Mental Depth and the Improvised Mind, by Nick Chater

Do we invent most of what we think in the moment? Tristan Bekinschtein struggles to wrap his head around a thesis arguing that we have no desires, motives or fears

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March 29, 2018

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Tristan Bekinschtein

Brain and neurons

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An installation in Sydney depicts the brain and neurons

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