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29 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conversation on conversation,
This review is from: Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain (Hardcover)
The so-called "reconcilation" promised by the title is not entirely delivered. Both Calvin and Bickerton seem too taken with their respective ideas. It is an interesting discussion nonetheless, and good points are made by both writers.
16 of 151 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The usual lie,
This review is from: Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain (Hardcover)
Calvin bases his ideas on this 'observation' in chapter 7:"The axon acts like an express train, skipping many intermediate stops, giving off synapses only when about 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 mm away from the tall dendrite (and sometimes continuing for a few millimeters farther, maintaining the integer multiples of the basic metric, 0.5 mm). " This is a plain lie. |
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Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain by William H. Calvin (Paperback - October 1, 2001)
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