Reader Mengu Gulmen emailed me about our exchange in regards to how we view the development of the mind:
Mengu: Every decision we make, everything we do and say, is based on the previous experiences we've had [all we did, all we have learned from our schools and our families and friends and internet and .... Myself: This sounds close to tabula rasa. See the cognitive revolution for why I disagree.
Mengu then sent me this link, and stated:
Our neurodevelopment is closely related with our experiences (what our 'sensors' provide us) throughout our lives. So our thoughts are shaped according to those links established in the past between our neurons.
To some extent I don't disagree with Mengu. But, I would offer that though an important component of our neural development is (I think quantifying it is really useless) critically connected to the sequence of experiences which we absorb ...
