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A review by bootman
The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality by Andy Clark
5.0
As soon as I heard “cognitive philosophy”, I was sold. I listened to an interview with Andy Clark about this book from the awesome Converging Dialogues podcast and knew I had to check the book out. While the book is extremely interesting, it also bored me at some points. That’s nothing to do with the author or his writing, though. There are just parts that dive a little further into neuroscience than I prefer, but overall, I absolutely loved this book.
The book is about how we experience the world and how our brain is a prediction machine. It’s really interesting learning about our perception of reality and reading from a philosopher who thinks about this stuff all day. I really enjoyed the sections about how our predictions shape our biases and what we can do about it, and there’s also some awesome stuff about placebos and similar topics.
The book is about how we experience the world and how our brain is a prediction machine. It’s really interesting learning about our perception of reality and reading from a philosopher who thinks about this stuff all day. I really enjoyed the sections about how our predictions shape our biases and what we can do about it, and there’s also some awesome stuff about placebos and similar topics.