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review is on, the whole, more positive than negative. I was editing to try to give a flavor of that balance in the section that I added. Second, you think the section is focused too much on the style, and not the content of the book. Maybe I was too hasty in my selection of passages from the review
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Hi DC, it seems like you are really raising two separate issues here. First, the editing is too slanted towards the pro side. To address that, we could always just add a bit more of what you quote here, or other sections of the review. I do think that a critical reception section is important, and
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hypothesis, that do focus on the content of the book, but given this is a popular audience book that popularizes Cytowic's scientific work, there is little new here scientifically. It's not like
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section reads like it should be printed on the book cover. Sentences from a positive review have been selectively edited to make them even more positive. Compare the original
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that was intended to advance a strong position. Anyway, perhaps we should add more on this aspect of the review? Baron-Cohen is himself an author and researcher into
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Editors: The British edition shown here is out of print. Would you consider changing the details and image to the US edition? They are:
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of the book by other authors and researchers, if it exists at all. I'm sure this is a fine book, but WP isn't a promotional tool.
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http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/23/science/when-people-see-a-sound-and-hear-a-color.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
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to include. There are other portions of the review, like Baron-Cohen's comment about Cytowic's specific
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https://books.google.fi/books/about/The_Man_Who_Tasted_Shapes.html?id=ROvaAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
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Help, please. When I used Special:Upload and entered image details, the saved page said
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http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=161766&sectioncode=30
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of the book, but it seems that my edits don't do that aspect justice.
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http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/neur-sci/1993-November/012851.html
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This page refers to a 2003 reprint (or 2nd edition)
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