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The Accidental Mind

How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams and God

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The Accidental Mind is a book by David J. Linden.  It seeks to explain how brain evolution has given rise to those qualities that most profoundly shape our human experience.  It was  published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press in March, 2007 and a paperback edition was released in October, 2008.

Max Delbrück, a pioneer of molecular genetics, said, “Imagine that your audience has zero knowledge but infinite intelligence.”  That sounds just about right.  Let’s roll...

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Copyright 2007-2009,       David Linden

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Are you gonna eat that?

Amazing sleep and dream trivia

Drugs for improving memory and cognition

Your cheatin' heart (and brain)

But what about the...er...you know

Lab laid bare

Guaranteed to infiltrate your dreams

Big brass ovaries

Hershey Park, PA, August, 2006

Eat the document

Misadventures in Science, Part One

Venice, Italy, January, 2005

Misadventures in Science Part Two

Dorset Coast, England, June, 2005

Boulder, Colorado, December 29, 2006

Misadvantures in Science, Part Three

Giant Rabbits for North Korea

Ullapool, Scotland, July 2005

Hack Writer

Head-butting

By Any Other Name

Talk to Me, Baby

First, There Was Spinal Tap

Bookstore On Steroids

News-Geek

30 seconds of fame

Stinky Self

I smell things, I take baths

Nerds Unleashed

Magic and the brain

Snail Preserve, French Polynesia, 2007

Can you determine...

Neurotoxin in the News

"All thinking is wishful"

Amnesiac Sea Lions

Too busy to read a book

Faith and the brain

Tent Rocks, New Mexico, 2006

Se Hable Cerebellum

Ne vous fiez pas a vos neurones

Podcasts out the wazoo

What's so funny about peace, love and nasal spray?

New York City, July, 2007

99 pages about 44 neurons

Spook Country haiku

Punk Neuroanatomy

Blue Lake, Colorado, 2007

El Dorado Canyon, Colorado

Puff Piece!

Yakusuni Shrine, Tokyo, September 2007

Shanghai, September, 2007

The Elevator in my Shanghai Hotel

The Electronic Orifice Orchestra

Deathswitch.com

Boo!


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