The Brain Is Highly Structured, But It

It's Turns Out To Be Much Easier To Simulate A Grandmaster Chess Player Than It Is To Simulate A 2-year-old.

The Brain Knows The Real Secret Of Seduction, More Effective Than Even Music And Martinis. Just Keep Whispering, 'gee, You Are Really Special' To That Sack Of Water And Protein That Is A Body, And You Can Get It To Do Practically Anything.

Adults Tend To Think They Have Much Free Will. Kids Younger Than Six Are Less Sure. They May Be More Realistic!

I Think, At The End Of The Century We'll Have A Generation Of Parents And A Generation Of Children Who Won't Have Had The Deep Satisfactions Of Being Parents And Being Children In The Way That They Might Have And Are Going To Spend A Lot Of Time Fretting And Worrying And Being Hovered Over For Nothing. The Question Isn't So Much "what Will Happen In The Long Run?" But "what's Happening To People's Lives Right Now?"

I'm Afraid The Parenting Advice To Come Out Of Developmental Psychology Is Very Boring: Pay Attention To Your Kids And Love Them.