BS 182 Iris Berent author of "The Blind Storyteller"

This month's episode of Brain Science features Iris Berent, author of "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature." We explore how our deeply entrenched biases toward dualism and essentialism impact our attitudes toward neuroscience and toward problems like mental illness.

References:

The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature by Iris Berent
A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves by Robert Burton (BS 96)

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