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The Brain is Wider Than The Sky : Why Simple Solutions Don't Work in a Complex World

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"A carrot is a carrot, and nothing more is known." These words, from a dying Chekhov, are quoted by Bryan Appleyard in this pop-science book which aims to uncover the hidden link between robots, the 2008 financial crash, Cheryl Cole and almost everything else. The Russian writer was talking about the futility of pondering the meaning of life, and Appleyard uses the quote to say that breaking something down doesn't always help define it. Consciousness can't be reduced entirely to brain goo, however closely we study MRI scans; and computer-modelling the atoms of a carrot won't help when it comes to gardening.

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303.483 APP T

Publisher

United Kingdom : Phoenix., 2011

Collation

280p; bw; pbk

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781780220154

Classification

303.483

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Subject(s)

Non Fiction

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