Sunday, June 23, 2013

Mental module

 

The word "module" brings to mind detachable, snap-in components, and that is misleading. Mental modules are not likely to be visible to the naked eye. . . . A mental module probably looks more like road kill, sprawling messily over the bulges and crevasses of the brain. Or it may be broken into regions that are interconnected by fibers that make the regions act as a unit.
- Steven Pinker

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