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Kluge : The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind
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Kluge : The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind Paperback - 2009

by Marcus, Gary

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A New York University psychologist argues that the mind is a "kluge"-a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption-as he ponders the accidents of evolution that caused this structure and what we can do about it.

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  • Title Kluge : The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind
  • Author Marcus, Gary
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 2009-04-07
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP101684862
  • ISBN 9780547238241 / 054723824X
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 1.52 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 153

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Summary

How is it that we can recognize photos from our high school yearbook decades later, but cannot remember what we ate for breakfast yesterday? And why are we inclined to buy more cans of soup if the sign says "LIMIT 12 PER CUSTOMER" rather than "LIMIT 4 PER CUSTOMER?" In Kluge, Gary Marcus argues convincingly that our minds are not as elegantly designed as we may believe. The imperfections result from a haphazard evolutionary process that often proceeds by piling new systems on top of old ones—and those systems don’t always work well together. The end product is a "kluge," a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. Taking us on a tour of the essential areas of human experience—memory, belief, decision making, language, and happiness—Marcus unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the evolution of the human mind and simultaneously sheds light on some of the most mysterious aspects of human nature.

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  • New York Times Book Review, 05/17/2009, Page 20

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