Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Tom Wolfe

always seems like a self-parody when I see him, sort of like Maureen Dowd.
But he's a better writer and thus a better mind than she is so maybe you'd like to read or view a 9 1/2 minute video of:

Tom Wolfe + Michael Gazzaniga

Wolfe, who calls himself “the social secretary of neuroscience,” often turns to current research to inform his stories and cultural commentary. His 1996 essay, “Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died,” raised questions about personal responsibility in the age of genetic predeterminism. Similar concerns led Gazzaniga to found the Law and Neuroscience Project. When Gazzaniga, who just published Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique, was last in New York, Seed incited a discussion: on status, free will, and the human condition.

If so, go here. (No, I haven't. Not enough time. But I will. Soon. Tomorrow, maybe.)

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