[lbo-talk] NPR: A Neuroscientist Uncovers A Dark Secret

[Miles Jackson]

Carrol Cox wrote:
> It would seem to me that the interesting feautre is not that his brain
> looked like the brains of killers but that he was NOT a killer. It seems
> neurology doesn't explain everything. We knew that, but still this
> dramatic demonstration of the fact is interesting.
>
> Carrol
>
>   

It fascinates me how many neuroscientists seem to be unaware of or 
unconcerned with the fact that they're drawing conclusions about the 
neurophysiological causes of behavior from correlational studies.  Doing 
a PET scan or a fMRI scan does not make the correlational data any more 
compelling: it's still post hoc ergo propter hoc, baby!

Miles