I am reading a book by Steven Pinker, psychologist at Harvard, called "How the Mind Works." From what I have read so far he thinks psychology should be approached as a science. Evolutionary psychology. With huge advances in understanding how the brain works and in the "cognitive sciences" he doesn't agree with the Standard Social Science Model of psychology. He says the mind is a product of the brain and in turn the mind acts on the brain. Culture and society are for sure a big part of it but so are evolution and the brain. The brain is a massively complex information processing unit. I totally agree with his approach but I know there are going to be things I don't agree with. Especially when it comes to the spiritual aspect of things. I am not that far into the book. But I have watched his lectures.

The guy is brilliant.

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