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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I'd have to dig into my undergrad memories but I remember being surprised (and suspicious) at how elegant the whole thing was
Yeah I admit it's all pretty elegant — but still (I claim) a lot less profound than it seems
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IMO it's unconscious Cartesian dualism that makes it surprising. Can remember my reaction to Libet consciousness studies.
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Totally. I remember having my mind blown by a similar shattering of that sense of dualismpic.twitter.com/IH9tJzd4TP
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