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Not a reasonable ending

Revisado: 10-09-24

A lot of great history and a good blending of science medicine, history and religion. But I can’t for the life of me understand how he never really ended up with the second word of the book title, machine? How could he not end with the fact that the mind is entirely the phenomenon of the organic evolved brain and not end the book talking about Cahal and neuron theory at the end of the 19th century? He seemed just too satisfied to finish it in a nebulous summary of “mind”. So he did not quite get to the machine. Mind is merely the perceived emergent phenomenon of neurons and their trillions of connections, and it’s embodied connection with hormones, neurotransmitters and the entire body chemistry.
But great history I do recommend the book

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One of my favorite authors

Revisado: 11-13-23

I was convinced of the reality of no free will prior to reading, but this still challenged me. I think maintaining a light structure of practical free will thinking, is helpful, while still being honest with the deep reality that it’s turtles all the Way down. For me understanding that we have no free will helps me greatly in my compassion toward others and for the song appreciate it. It’s just refreshing but sometimes scary to know the real science behind it.

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Rare situation of author being excellent narrator

Revisado: 05-17-23

This was a very good book that I think is one of the best overviews of brain mapping. You don’t come across a good science book that is narrated well by the author, but this hits a home run.

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Excellent usable philosophy, but I have a curious question about the narration.

Revisado: 01-25-23

Great stuff, and I am convinced it is usable if I use it. But I’m trying to get an answer on this. So he does great narration on his own book, so how could he so clearly and incorrectly pronounce several significant words in the text? I can always easily understand if the narrator is not the author, but in this case, I’m just really confused, especially for such a learned and scholarly individual. It wasn’t often, but it happened several times, just enough to startle me. And it left me wondering, “surely he would know how to pronounce that”

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Who thought?

Revisado: 10-31-22

Who thought the most devastating takedown of Trump would be the words of Trump himself?

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We just cannot bear being unimportant.

Revisado: 08-02-22

I’m reminded of a saying, “you have to be really smart to be that wrong.” So are all the trillions of planets that do not contain life, evidence that life is not important to the universe? It’s the same wrong question that this book asks. I really tried to keep reading this but just couldn’t after he showed his hand. Makes me proud of the scientists who will stand up to the cold bracing wind of reality and honestly say, “no, life is not significant from the perspective of the universe, only from our perspective.” Just because the conditions of this planet were ripe for life to quickly arise, does not mean the universe was just giddy with excitement waiting for us. Teleology and religion are so seductive, they will even bed atheist scientists.

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Finally!!

Revisado: 05-28-22

A rational, well researched, clear-eye approach to push back at the needless insanity of ALL racism, black, white and other. EVERYONE has a moral obligation push back against the new woke blm racism that is an fruitless litigation of the past which only sentences all our futures. It is irrationally imagining that it is fighting racism, but is in fact making everyones life more unhealthy, hateful and paranoid. And worst of all it is creating more racists by the day. This book is an incredibly well written account of our current precarious situation.

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Wow, don’t miss this book!

Revisado: 10-15-21

What a thrilling combination of science, forensics and suspense! A good scientist, writer and the rare addition of good narrator. In the midst of all that… a poignant, vulnerable window into her own life. And I even laughed at her interesting take on my own profession as a foot specialist. This is a gem of a book. I enthusiastically recommend.

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How incredibly stupid of me.

Revisado: 06-25-21

Wow. I think now I know what it feels like to have been in London in 1859 having just read my new copy of Darwin’s On the origin of species.

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Too much reserve and respect for the church

Revisado: 05-30-21

Very good and thorough treatment of Galileo, but the author seemed to bend over backwards to give the church and religion a pass. Yes, despite what he wrote, science and faith are not compatible.

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