Gary Marcus is an award-wining Professor of Psychology at New York University and director of the NYU Center for Child Language. He has written three books about the origins and nature of the human mind, including Kluge (2008, Houghton Mifflin/Faber), and The Birth of the Mind (Basic Books, 2004, translated into 6 languages). He is also the editor of The Norton Psychology Reader, and the author of numerous science publications in leading journals, such as Science, Nature, Cognition, and Psychological Science. He is also the editor of the Norton Psychology Reader and has frequently written articles for the general public, in forums such as Wired, Discover, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.
Are we “noble in reason”? Perfect, in God’s image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but rather a “kluge,” a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind -- think duct tape, not supercomputer -- that sheds light on some of the most mysterious aspects of human nature.
Taking us on a tour of the fundamental areas of human experience -- memory, belief, decision-making, language, and happiness -- Marcus reveals the myriad ways our minds fall short. He examines why people often vote against their own interests, why money can’t buy happiness, why leaders often stick to bad decisions, and why a sentence like “people people left left” ties us in knots even though it’s only four words long.
Marcus also offers surprisingly effective ways to outwit our inner kluge, for the betterment of ourselves and society. Throughout, he shows how only evolution -- haphazard and undirected -- could have produced the minds we humans have, while making a brilliant case for the power and usefulness of imperfection.
“为什么有钱人不觉得幸福? 为什么我们常做出违背自己意志的行为? 为什么领导要坚持错误的决定? 为什么有人把钱花在一文不值的地方?” ——Gary Marcus《乱乱脑》 这几年,西方的一些书为了畅销,诸如《秘密》,《右脑革...
评分2009-12-04 -------------------------- 如果你和我一样,是个为了各种琐事而日夜奔忙的可怜人,你很可能也常常对自己的大脑愤恨不已—这个骄傲地占据了我们全身最高战略点、对其他各个器官颐指气使、并被号称是决定了我们作为“万物之灵长”的地位的家伙,经常漫不经心地辜负...
评分认知方面不合理的地方 这类书现在的确已经非常多了,新颖东西不多。但是如果从前读的不多,这本还是可以的。为什么我还要读呢?真是验证了书里说的confirmation bias. 结尾的几条建议摘录下,有几条很像基本统计课的概念。 1. 考虑下alternative hypothesis 从正方和反方都...
评分 评分2009-12-04 -------------------------- 如果你和我一样,是个为了各种琐事而日夜奔忙的可怜人,你很可能也常常对自己的大脑愤恨不已—这个骄傲地占据了我们全身最高战略点、对其他各个器官颐指气使、并被号称是决定了我们作为“万物之灵长”的地位的家伙,经常漫不经心地辜负...
开始觉得很好,后来渐渐觉得这本书的内容写得很乱,就是定了个大主题后就开始信马由缰。有些小实验挺有趣,但这本书说讲的道理不深,很表象。
评分开始觉得很好,后来渐渐觉得这本书的内容写得很乱,就是定了个大主题后就开始信马由缰。有些小实验挺有趣,但这本书说讲的道理不深,很表象。
评分很好的一部科普书籍。了解我们自己思维的缺陷。
评分The irrational part of the mind is actually an efficient evolution of mind. This book is only for popular readers.
评分嗯.是这么回事,可是这类书怎么都这么啰嗦呢
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