attention?

[Keith Johnson]

Thanks Tom for pointing out the PNAS article.

Of course, the physical structure of the brain is to some extent  
determined by evolved genetics and not acquired experience, so it  
makes sense to wonder if some of this structure underlies any unique  
function.

Your slippery slope argument about proliferating modules ad absurdum  
doesn't really convince me to to reject the paper.  The data have to  
be evaluated on their merits - otherwise we're evaluating research on  
the basis of the outcome not on the validity of the process.

So, I look forward to reading the Cosmides, Tooby & New paper.

best,
Keith