tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714644500764382742.post2615735594485480736..comments2009-02-11T13:45:03.380-05:00Sam Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501682484900088669noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714644500764382742.post-28696173932437507462009-02-11T13:03:00.000-05:002009-02-11T13:03:00.000-05:00I'd also say that making new discoveries in basic science accessible to the general population is simply a worthy goal. <BR/><BR/>I'm a manufacturing engineer by profession and some would say I have absolutely no reason beyond curiosity to have read your book (I've also read both of Dan Levitin's). But I found all three interesting, the act of learning new things enjoyable. <BR/><BR/>Moreover, in a work context, understanding what brains are good at/capable of helps me to better design manufacturing processes- they do, after all, have human operators, and the difference between a good process and a bad one is how consistently and accurately the operator can perform it. <BR/><BR/>I've also recommended your book to people who for health reasons wanted a better understanding of overall brain function- a basic level of eduction they hadn't or couldn't get on their own - if not from you, who's going to tell them? Their health provider? I somehow doubt it. <BR/><BR/>One of the things that makes humans successful as a species is understanding ourselves and the world around us. Making that information available to the public at large is IMO one way of making it a better world. And as a wide-ranging and voracious reader, it's an enormous pleasure to find such a lot of good, accessible non-fiction writing being published on a variety of subjects.RobinHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10325359641194305097noreply@blogger.com