Reductionism Ruj Amok?

a: Neuroscience ~
b: a 3 year old child with a jigsaw puzzle

What: "Modern neuroscience is like a three-year-old child with a jigsaw pu zzle -- it is much better at taking things apart than at putting them back together again." The link is a very good about the limits of study the human nervous system by cutting it into little pieces.

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Writer: Vikaas Sohal
LCC: RC
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Date: May 24 2013 2:36 PM


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