Gary Marcus is an award-wining Professor of Psychology at New York University and director of the NYU Center for Child Language. He has written three books about the origins and nature of the human mind, including Kluge (2008, Houghton Mifflin/Faber), and The Birth of the Mind (Basic Books, 2004, translated into 6 languages). He is also the editor of The Norton Psychology Reader, and the author of numerous science publications in leading journals, such as Science, Nature, Cognition, and Psychological Science. He is also the editor of the Norton Psychology Reader and has frequently written articles for the general public, in forums such as Wired, Discover, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.
Are we “noble in reason”? Perfect, in God’s image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but rather a “kluge,” a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind -- think duct tape, not supercomputer -- that sheds light on some of the most mysterious aspects of human nature.
Taking us on a tour of the fundamental areas of human experience -- memory, belief, decision-making, language, and happiness -- Marcus reveals the myriad ways our minds fall short. He examines why people often vote against their own interests, why money can’t buy happiness, why leaders often stick to bad decisions, and why a sentence like “people people left left” ties us in knots even though it’s only four words long.
Marcus also offers surprisingly effective ways to outwit our inner kluge, for the betterment of ourselves and society. Throughout, he shows how only evolution -- haphazard and undirected -- could have produced the minds we humans have, while making a brilliant case for the power and usefulness of imperfection.
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認知方麵不閤理的地方 這類書現在的確已經非常多瞭,新穎東西不多。但是如果從前讀的不多,這本還是可以的。為什麼我還要讀呢?真是驗證瞭書裏說的confirmation bias. 結尾的幾條建議摘錄下,有幾條很像基本統計課的概念。 1. 考慮下alternative hypothesis 從正方和反方都...
評分雖然道理都明白,但算是係統地再提醒瞭一遍吧: Memory is contextual Beliefs are malleable Decisions are often shortsighted or biased Language is often ambiguous Short- and long-term pleasures are often at war 有兩句話印象深刻: The difficulty of literature is ...
評分學者們常說,人類進化成直立行走的動物,纔解放瞭雙手,讓我們成為智人。 然而這樣的進化優勢,卻同時也讓我們患上瞭四足動物不會有的病,比如人走多瞭、坐久瞭都會腰疼,那是因為脊椎受不瞭。 直立之後,讓我們脊椎難以承受身體的重量,嗅覺變得不再靈敏,還要提前將胎兒排除...
評分學者們常說,人類進化成直立行走的動物,纔解放瞭雙手,讓我們成為智人。 然而這樣的進化優勢,卻同時也讓我們患上瞭四足動物不會有的病,比如人走多瞭、坐久瞭都會腰疼,那是因為脊椎受不瞭。 直立之後,讓我們脊椎難以承受身體的重量,嗅覺變得不再靈敏,還要提前將胎兒排除...
評分“為什麼有錢人不覺得幸福? 為什麼我們常做齣違背自己意誌的行為? 為什麼領導要堅持錯誤的決定? 為什麼有人把錢花在一文不值的地方?” ——Gary Marcus《亂亂腦》 這幾年,西方的一些書為瞭暢銷,諸如《秘密》,《右腦革...
圖書標籤: 心理學 認知科學 科普 腦科學 Mind 思維 認知神經科學 Psychology
很棒的一本大眾心理書。小小的一本,裏麵提到的概念又很熟悉,所以很快就看完瞭。最重要的自然是最後一張作者給的13個建議。感覺中心思想就是,還是要理性思考。
評分The irrational part of the mind is actually an efficient evolution of mind. This book is only for popular readers.
評分The irrational part of the mind is actually an efficient evolution of mind. This book is only for popular readers.
評分很棒的一本大眾心理書。小小的一本,裏麵提到的概念又很熟悉,所以很快就看完瞭。最重要的自然是最後一張作者給的13個建議。感覺中心思想就是,還是要理性思考。
評分比較淺
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