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How the Mind Works (W. W. Norton, 1997)

Steven Pinker · c. 1997

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  1. Natural selection is the only explanation we have of how complex life can evolve
  2. The mind is a system of organs of computation, designed by natural selection to solve the kinds of problems our ancestors faced in their foraging way of life
  3. I suspect that music is auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of at least six of our mental faculties.
  4. the mind is not the brain but what the brain does, and not even everything it does

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