Comments on: Why Americans resist neuroscience more http://neurodudes.com/2007/05/20/why-americans-resist-neuroscience-more/ at the intersection of neuroscience and AI. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bayle http://neurodudes.com/2007/05/20/why-americans-resist-neuroscience-more/#comment-90086 Bayle Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:12:17 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/2007/05/20/why-americans-resist-neuroscience-more/#comment-90086 Yeah, but the innate tendencies of children are presented in the article as a "human universal". So this cannot be not part of the reason why "Americans resist neuroscience <em>more</em>" than other countries. The difference posited by the article is only that, as you put it, in America some scientific beliefs are more "contested by society". Yeah, but the innate tendencies of children are presented in the article as a “human universal”. So this cannot be not part of the reason why “Americans resist neuroscience more” than other countries.

The difference posited by the article is only that, as you put it, in America some scientific beliefs are more “contested by society”.

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