Science Saturday: How MacGyver Made Our Minds | Carl Zimmer & Gary Marcus [Science Saturday]

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Channel: Nonzero · 2018 · News & Politics

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01:32 How Gary got hooked on the mind
13:35 Noam Chomsky meets the genome
20:48 What's a kluge?
42:45 Why we couldn't speak the perfect language
50:01 How our design flaws might explain why many of us are nuts
54:52 Practical advice for the owner of a klugey mind

Carl Zimmer (carlzimmer.com, The Loom) and Gary Marcus (NYU, Kluge)

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Recorded on April 10, 2008

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