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6 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 11 April 2009 02:05PM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 11 April 2009 06:00:04PM 2 points [-]

I read the Phineas Gage article, but it wasn't that useful to me; it doesn't much affect any of the philosophical points you might make about him, it's all about did he make a recovery in order to drive a coach in Chile.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 11 April 2009 06:23:03PM 1 point [-]

As I saw it, the main points wasn't any philosophical teaching about him as such, but rather a "beware of trusting unverified sources too blindly".

(Which, admittedly, could be considered to be contradictory with me posting the link to an article I haven't read...)