Reality Check: What Your Mind Knows, But Isn't Telling You - Softcover

Weiner, David L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591023025 ISBN 13: 9781591023029

Publisher: Prometheus Books, 2005

Synopsis

What is reality? Each of us has a virtual reality consisting of our individual ideologies, opinions, attitudes, values, and beliefs that we've built up over the years. But what if you found out that what you thought was true really isn't? In Reality Check, David L. Weiner takes us on an entertaining romp through many odd and interesting new findings in various scientific fields from neurobiology to physics to genetics in order to dismantle some of our most common misconceptions about being human. By opening our minds to a scientific view of reality, rather than hanging on to our own comfortable (and mostly incorrect) beliefs, we can gain valuable insights and tools for improving the quality for our lives. The fresh and surprising information in this book has ramifications for parents, managers, educators, and everyone else interested in getting the most out of others and themselves.

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Review:

""[T]his book, when read with an open, inquisitive mind, will not fail to stimulate new perspectives and provoke new ideas." - Science Books & Films "How Weiner goes about understanding these conundrums is a fascinating journey that will make any reader astonished, frustrated, angry, and definitely curious about the human mind." Biology Digest "What is reality? Can our brains comprehend the true nature of reality? Do we know anything for certain? Reality Check is an entertaining, sometimes light-hearted tour through the many mysteries of neuroscience, genetics and physics by psychology popularizer and businessman David Weiner. Weiner ... writes in a frank and direct manner devoid of technical jargon. He extracts the essence of the many facets of the mind-brain problem." Science & Theology News "David Weiner has written a delightful and impressively researched tour de force on how the brain works that includes wonderful side trips about DNA, the size of the universe and the foibles of religiosity. This is popular science writing at its best - clear, witty and marvelously informative." Benjamin J. Hubbard, Ph.D. Professor of Comparative Religion California State University, Fullerton

Synopsis:

What is reality? Each of us has a 'virtual reality map' imprinted on our brains, which consists of our individual ideologies, opinions, attitudes, values, and beliefs that we've built up over the years. But what if you learned that your reality map was distorted or limited? In "Reality Check", David L Weiner takes us on an entertaining romp through many odd and interesting new findings in various scientific fields - from neurobiology to physics and genetics, describing how difficult it is for these findings to sink in and impact our perspectives. One of the most fascinating topics that Weiner discusses is what neuroscience has found out about certain apelike mechanisms in our brains. These ancient vestiges of evolution can cause turmoil if we don't meet their primitive expectations, and their penchant for pecking order and status can create far-out realities that we think are absolutely true. By opening our minds to what science has discovered about our realities, and what it still considers to be mysteries, we can gain valuable insights and tools for improving the quality of our lives.

The fresh and surprising information in this book has ramifications for parents, managers, educators, and everyone else interested in getting the most out of others and themselves.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1591023025
• ISBN 13: 9781591023029
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 303