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Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence | Carl Sagan
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Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries."A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday...It's a delight."THE NEW YORK TIMES
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sarahlandis
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First time reading Sagan!! Loved his writing. His humor is dry and hilarious and I love when he slips it into an incredibly complex paragraph/explanation. His easy flow of presenting fact and his unabridged opinion on fact is fun to read. However, I think I need to give up on trying to read books about brains. It‘s hard for me! This book had wonderful parts and I feel like I learned a lot about the development and differences

sarahlandis in brains across millennia and species, but once we got into talking about future brains? I‘m lost lol.

“Science might be describes as paranoid thinking applied to Nature; we are looking for natural conspiracies”
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Dry. I love intelligence and intellectual reads but this is beyond dry. Good luck to anyone getting through it. As of right now, I am gonna bail. Maybe one day when I am older and more attentive...

Jamesmelvinmitchell Being older doesn't help with this book. I bailed. 9y
CouchCrewChief @Jamesmelvinmitchell Well thankfully I wasn't the only one. I like the idea of this kind of how I like the idea of salmon. I really really want to like it, but I just don't. 9y
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