"All pop-science these days must be translated into stories, as if readers, like children, cannot absorb the material any other way."
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In The Curse of Knowledge, writer Isaac Chotiner eviscerates Imagine, the latest book by the popular writer, Jonah Lehrer. I haven’t read the book so I can’t yet evaluate the review’s analysis, but in and of itself this is a beautifully written take on a genre of literature that’s become enormously, perhaps troublingly popular in the last few decades. It’s also a good reminder of the questions we must ask – or demand others ask on our behalves – when attempting to evaluate what’s in front of us.
[Story via Christopher Butler]
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