How neuroscience is being used to spread quackery in business and education
Matt Walltheconversation.com
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How neuroscience is being used to spread quackery in business and education
“The only thing different about neuroscience,” according to Morse, “is that we have prettier pictures and it appears more scientific.”
Sally Satel • Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
In December 2011, Professor John Stein, a leading Oxford neuroscientist, wrote, “Claims are being made about brain research that just aren’t true, and they are being accepted
Malcolm Jeeves • Minds, Brains, Souls and Gods: A Conversation on Faith, Psychology and Neuroscience
Against AI literacy: have we actually found a way to reverse learning?
Miriam Reynoldsonopen.substack.com
But Homo sapiens’ dependency on social communication and education is as much of a curse as it is a gift. On the flip side of the coin, it is education’s fault that religious myths and fake news propagate so easily in human societies. From the earliest age, our brains trustfully absorb the tales we are told, whether they are true or false. In a soc... See more