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@mwiik

Aug 10, 2019

One can see massive evidence of mental shallowness on this very platform

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Tiago Forte

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Aug 10, 2019

1/ My summary/interpretation of the remarkable book by @NickJChater The Mind is Flat: The Remarkable Shallowness of the Improvising Brain Affiliate link: amzn.to/2KBEZJd

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It is an interesting argument because is both hilariously and obviously wrong, AND was already defeated once in living memory after decades of hegemony.

5:35 PM · Aug 10, 2019Twitter Web App

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Can you clarify?

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Honestly curious because it seems to me that almost all discussion on twitter is on a level well below what's required to actually get closer to solving social ills

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I think it is interestingly wrong in one sense, though: it is correct in saying these things are not products of the mind. The mind is just a chatterbox. But it's a really naive attribution error to move from "mind is a chatterbox," to "phenomena attributed to mind are fake."