Why do so many people make a big deal about the discovery of mirror neurons? Shouldn't they have been obvious ex ante?
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they better! (i mean, that also seems obvious ex ante.)
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I'd have to dig into my undergrad memories but I remember being surprised (and suspicious) at how elegant the whole thing was
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Yeah I admit it's all pretty elegant — but still (I claim) a lot less profound than it seems
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it's tremendously encouraging for simulations (e.g., rehearsing a race in your mind to improve real performance)
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the alternate theory is metaphor, simulations, etc. are like.. "icky knockoffs" of the real thing, rather than (near) equals
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