
Brainwashed
The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
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Jean Barrett
In recent years, the advent of MRI technology seems to have unlocked the secrets of the human mind, revealing the sources of our deepest desires, intentions, and fears. As renowned psychiatrist and scholar Sally Satel and psychologist Scott O. Lilienfeld demonstrate in Brainwashed, however, the explanatory power of brain scans in particular and neuroscience more generally has been vastly overestimated. Although acknowledging its tremendous potential, the authors argue that the overzealous application of the burgeoning field of brain science has put innocent people in jail, prevented addicts from healing themselves, and undermined notions of free will and responsibility.
A provocative challenge to the use and abuse of a seductive science, Brainwashed offers an essential corrective to determinist explanations of human behavior.
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Dry narration of an excellent work of skepticism
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Disappointing istraw-man discussion of free will
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Book is great Audio needs attention
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They're right, a fMRI makes a lousy lie detector for all the reasons they say. They could have just quoted George Costanza from Seinfield who said, "It's not a lie, if you don't think it's a lie", and that would have been sufficient, but they went on as it was a big thing that fMRIs are a lousy lie detector.
The authors would have made a much better book if they would have provided the other perspective. Sure, we're responsible for what we do, but there is a genetic component. The authors seemed to completely ignore the factor that genetics play.
Audible has way better books on the topics covered in this book. I've listened and rated them. I would recommend one of those instead of this book.
The nicest thing I can say about this book is the narrator did a fantastic job and she was the only reason I finished listening to the whole book. If I had been reading the book, I would never have finished it all, because the authors biases would have been too much to suffer through.
Save your credit and get another one of audible's fine books on this subject.
Biased, much better other audible books available
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The Overall Message...
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total gem
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Thought provoking, but left wanting more.
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-There is no free will
-We hallucinate our conscious reality
-There is no self
Just a few of the absurd extrapolations I've endured over the years.
These authors set the record straight and show that neuroscience, while a valuable discipline, isn't the be-all-end-all when it comes to understanding the human condition.
Essential listening
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