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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 12 Jul 2014

    The Trouble With Brain Science: Too little attention to the bridge from brain to mind. @garymarcushttp://nyti.ms/1kNdvLf 

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      1. Sergey Vlasenko‏ @sergeyvlasenko 12 Jul 2014
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        RT@sapinker: The Trouble With Brain Science: Too little attention to the bridge from brain to mind. @garymarcus http://nyti.ms/1kNdvLf 

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      1. Preston MacDougall‏ @ChemicalEyeGuy 12 Jul 2014
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        .@sapinker @GaryMarcus Since there's no physicochemical identification of the mind, a "bridge between brain & mind" is a bridge to nowhere.

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      1. Gad Saad‏Verified account @GadSaad 12 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00452/full … [Might interest you]

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      1. Ross D. Silverman‏ @phlu 12 Jul 2014
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        #neuro mt @sapinker The Trouble w/ Brain Science: Too little attention to the bridge from brain to mind @garymarcus http://nyti.ms/1kNdvLf 

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      1. MeditationAsheville‏ @MeditationAVL 12 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus here you'll find research directly addressing mind/brain consciousness/physiology connection http://meditationasheville.blogspot.com/2010/11/introductory-video-your-first-step-in.html?m=1 …

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      1. Fake Scott Inman‏ @FakeScottInman 12 Jul 2014
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        We're now officially feuding, @sapinker! Your move, brain man. #fuckingwiththesmartkids

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      1. David Louys‏ @DavidLouys 2 Sep 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus I'm curious to know about your position on the mind body problem. Eliminative or reductive materialist ?

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      1. Monster of God‏ @MonstrOfGod 18 Jul 2014
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        RT @sapinker: The Trouble With Brain Science: Too little attention to the bridge from brain to mind. @garymarcus http://nyti.ms/1kNdvLf 

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      1. M. Elayn Harvey‏ @OMelayn 15 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus In despair that 99 percent of humans don't get it. The mind is the brain's software. EE

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      1. godfreemind‏ @vela_eddie 14 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus The trouble includes 1) the misguided 'hard problem' intuition pump, and 2) the intrusion of magic explanations.

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      1. Oliver Scott Curry‏ @Oliver_S_Curry 12 Jul 2014
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        .@sapinker @GaryMarcus Any hint as to what the bridge might be? Adaptive circuitry?

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      1. Chris Heinz‏ @ChrisJHeinz 12 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus What bridge? Bridge to nowhere? Sounds way too Cartesian to me :-(

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      1. Michael Hogan‏ @michaelhogannui 12 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @EF2jobsnMN @GaryMarcus Never mind mind, whatever happened to actual behavior?" http://buff.ly/1kOTpjT 

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      1. John‏ @johnpm 12 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus Politicians throwing a lot of money at a problem they don't understand, to summarize "Look we are doing something"

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      1. steven isle‏ @damnthatcursor 12 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus Agreed. Many seem to think the 'hard question' will evaporate. It won't.

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      1. Eric García-López  🧠 ⚖️‏ @ericgarcialopez 12 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus and then, that bridge between Law & Neuroscience... / Thank you very much!

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      1. UrsusMaritimus‏ @ursus_marit 12 Jul 2014
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        @sapinker @GaryMarcus I'd say the biggest problem is right wing hillbillies controlling & choking public science budgets.

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      1. Andrew Wilson‏ @Stooshie 12 Jul 2014
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        .@sapinker Surely difficult till we know more about the brain. There's a race condition between our understanding of the two. @garymarcus

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