Ramachandran from Darwin's The Descent of Man: I came across a cool and relevant quote in The Tell-Tale Brain by V. As with any book, don't read it passively, decide what you buy and what needs to be further examined. Whatever harm that may come from the lack of rigorousness in his brand of pop-psychology is easily overshadowed by the positive cultural impact that comes from people giving serious consideration to his ideas and how they apply to their personal lives and to society on a larger scale. He knows how to tell a compelling story and the conversations he sparks go on for years. That may be the case, but he is a heck of a writer. Gladwell is taking a lot of heat for biasing the examples he chooses in his books to make points that are often later shown to be somewhat tenuous.
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