My friends did me a big favor when they voted to discuss "Being You" by Anil Seth. The book is about how our minds come to be as they are. Preparing to discuss that book, I reviewed that book and others that are related. I mentioned some about this in the blog post from last Friday:
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I read Dr. Bolte Taylor's book "My Stroke of Insight" quite a while back and was impressed. Just being a neuroscientist and having a stroke is a somewhat lucky break since she gets to experience it and note what happens. But I had never watched her TED talk about her stroke until today. I found that she wrote a second book, "Whole Brain Living". I really liked her first book and started in on the 2nd. She devotes the first few pages to the effect of her giving a TED talk about her stroke. It was one of those cases of very sudden, very extensive, very powerful fame. I am a fan of TED talks and watched her talk today. Truly excellent and spiritual as well as scientific. It is 18 minutes and worth watching.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_my_stroke_of_insight
