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Mirror neurons and science careers

26.04.2009 admin

Spiegel online has an excellent report about mirror neurons, empathy, social background and research (taking up a theme in the ZEIT 2003)

“In unserer Kultur sind am erfolgreichsten die”, sagt Gruen, “die am meisten von ihren Gefühlen, von der Fähigkeit zum Mitgefühl abgeschnitten sind.”

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Münchhausen Trilemma

15.10.2008 admin

A scintillatingly witty reply to one of my recent letters say that Continue reading Münchhausen Trilemma →

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published 26.04.2009, accessed 02.07.2022