[Bmi] The Brain Principles Manifesto

[Tucker Balch]

It is wise to avoid political confrontations in a scientific discussion.

Tucker

On Feb 24, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Juyang Weng <weng at cse.msu.edu> wrote:

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> On 2/21/15 1:35 PM, XXX wrote:
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>> I agree with your brain manifesto (though consider yourself lucky when
>> you get it generally accepted within less than 20 years).
>> I would add after "Is a currently narrowly defined academic degree
>> sufficient for their career?"  Will a sufficiently broad degrees
>> further their careers or stunt them?
>> -XXX
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> On 2/22/15 8:21 AM, Yoonsuck Choe wrote:
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>> Hi John,
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>> As for the feedback on your brain principles manifesto, those who heard "brain principles" for the first time might not have any idea what those principles are by the time they finished reading your email (only people who read your paper, like me, could know). An analogy would be like this: Darwin announces the "origin of species manifesto" and does not mention evolution or any of the main mechanisms (selection, mutation, etc.).
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>> Yoonsuck
>> choe at tamu.edu
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