tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post4794741726582404287..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: New Rationally Speaking podcast: neurobabbleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-33786547215426296402012-01-01T14:39:31.631-05:002012-01-01T14:39:31.631-05:00Diogenes,
The implication of the podcast certainl...Diogenes,<br /><br />The implication of the podcast certainly isn't that all, or even most, public writing about neurobiology is flawed. Damasio is one of the best writers in this context, for instance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-21042764936865070742011-12-30T12:12:47.320-05:002011-12-30T12:12:47.320-05:00(Unfortunately,) I haven't read their work mys...(Unfortunately,) I haven't read their work myself, but I was hoping this podcast might have touched on Daniel Wegner's <i>The Illusion of Conscious Will</i> or the work of Antonio Damasio. Would you consider their popular works (at least partly) neurobabble? (I can't recall if either of them have been discussed in previous podcasts.)TheDudeDiogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613928663752680375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-82484930393726992192011-12-22T05:13:10.346-05:002011-12-22T05:13:10.346-05:00Interesting episode ! In link with Cordelia Fine&#...Interesting episode ! In link with Cordelia Fine's work, read an interesting article (free acess) in the last issue of Neuron from Lise Eliot who does her share of debunking of neurobable on cognitive/brain differences between the sexes and comments on the need for neuroscientists to communicate better on these issues.<br />To quote from her conclusion : "Done correctly, research on sex difference provides a fascinating window into the nature-nurture interaction that fuels all of brain and behavioral development. Done incorrectly—that is, without consideration of both social and genetic/hormonal influences and without attention to the careless extrapolations in public discourse—this science can reinforce some of the worst biological essentialism."<br />http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273%2811%2901043-9?utm_source=ECE001&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&bid=1XABV2F:ZRDNMIARémy Hergéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671561032836034606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-27062554118906648102011-12-21T08:14:42.689-05:002011-12-21T08:14:42.689-05:00Nice podcast. I would have liked to hear a bit on ...Nice podcast. I would have liked to hear a bit on what fMRI CAN tell us, though. The recent publication from the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/gallantlabucb/publications/nishimoto-et-al-2011" rel="nofollow">Gallant lab</a> comes to mind. After all, fMRI is a method as useful as most - it's only when the interpretations start that things can go downhill.tickbitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06082239267306209743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-7930809777041861472011-12-20T10:10:38.825-05:002011-12-20T10:10:38.825-05:00Tom,
no irony there. I am a hell of a lot more sk...Tom,<br /><br />no irony there. I am a hell of a lot more skeptical of parapsychology than of fMRI, as I'll make clear in a forthcoming response to Maaneli after the winter break. However, I think it's healthy from time to time to publish a different point of view, if well articulated. Hell, I'd even publish a post by Sam Harris on neurobiology and morality, if he were interested...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-82824955931162383972011-12-20T05:33:22.190-05:002011-12-20T05:33:22.190-05:00I find this skepticism over the activities of neur...I find this skepticism over the activities of neuroscientists ironic after your prior post from an ESP proponent. Was your skepticism on vacation for that one?Tom Raffertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07292584071661487071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-72508638613756744422011-12-19T15:11:41.477-05:002011-12-19T15:11:41.477-05:00I highly recommend Julia's pick: Stanovich'...I highly recommend Julia's pick: Stanovich's 'Rationality and the Reflective Mind'. For a quick intro to that kind of material, see The Cognitive Science of Rationality:<br />http://lesswrong.com/lw/7e5/the_cognitive_science_of_rationality/Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968634190280933116noreply@blogger.com