The Brain

Examining how we think. I tended to ramble a bit in this one

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• thinking
• about
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• the
• human
• brain
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[benjippoi]

the octopus uses tools........

[ASKaPHYSICIST]

a woman giving lectures rational behaviour ... I'm not a sexiuist, but you dont see that everyday.

btw, there are classes ... that is classes in 'critical thinking'. That is what it seems you'd be talking about.

[jeffiek]

@Bulloxe4 "She basically just said that people are stupid."

She's basically right.

[Rettequetette]

@Bulloxe4 Yeah, I hear that a lot :-)

I totally agree!

[Rettequetette]

@Bulloxe4 Ok, thanks for taking the time to explain. You may be right about the brain; I myself am not a scientist.

I don't completely agree with you though, about her 'rambling' being useless and stupid. Thinking and sharing your thoughts is never useless imho. But I guess that's just a matter of taste :-)

Peace.

[Bulloxe4]

@Rettequetette

My argument is that her point is useless. Her categorisation of the brain on a logical and primitive part falls apart as soon as you try to apply it to any example of brain activity. With the exception of pure logical activity and pure emotion you just can't put your brain process in one of these categories.

And she does admit that at the end of her video.

She basically just said that people are stupid.

And it's not that simple.

[Rettequetette]

@Bulloxe4 She just tells about some thougts she has about how the brain works.

-> and that is useless and stupid

Why?

I'm sorry, but I think this is just another expression of something you "feel", without any arguments whatsoever.

I could be wrong. In that case I'd like to know why you think it's useless and stupid.

[Bulloxe4]

@Rettequetette

It's not an argument because I wasn't making an argument I was expressing a sentiment. I feel that this girl is taking a subject which is much bigger then she can handle and she's making points which are either oversimplified or just wrong.

She just tells about some thougts she has about how the brain works.

-> and that is useless and stupid

And btw, english is not my native language also, and neuroscientist and neural scientist are the same thing. I heard it both ways.

[Rettequetette]

@Bulloxe4 Btw I'm nobody's "footsoldier". But I'm almost sure you'll say I am so that you don't have to explain any further.