The Stuff of Thought
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With a background in linguistics, I find this sort of thing very interesting. I like the stories and examples of language that he used, although I think it was a little to English-centric.
I like neuroscience, linguistics, and Steven Pinker, but I have apparently reached my limit. This is the dullest book I have ever read on my own time. I think the exact moment my brain melted forever was when Pinker spent several paragraphs explaining that actually, chicken can mean an animal or a food, because depending on the context, you could be talking about the bird known as a chicken OR a food in which you eat that is comprised of that bird and -
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
Anyways I DNF'd