In one, he delineates, with remorseless logic and clarity, what any conceivable afterlife would actually entail. “David Eagleman offers startling lessons in neuroscience…. His method in both Sum and his new book, Incognito, is to ask us to cast off our lazy, commonplace assumptions. It’s a bold argument and perhaps just the beginning of the debate.” – Sunday Herald “What Eagleman seems to be calling for is a new Enlightenment, where our better understanding of the brain allows us to treat criminality differently. “Eagleman has a talent for testing the untestable, for taking seemingly sophomoric notions and using them to nail down the slippery stuff of consciousness.” – The New Yorker “Incognito is popular science at its best…. Eagleman, by imagining the future so vividly, puts into relief just how challenging neuroscience is, and will be.” – Boston Globe A book that will leave you looking at yourself–and the world–differently.”- Kirkus Reviews (Starred review) Eagleman has a wealth of such observations, backed up with case studies, bits of pop culture, literary references and historic examples. “The book is full of startling examples….
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