Talk:The Astonishing Hypothesis

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NPOV[edit]

In my opinion, this page violates NPOV in many places. It presents unsupported opinions and does not acknowlege there may be other points of view of The Astonishing Hypothesis.

For example the paragraph:

Few researchers care to inform the public of the implications of such research for fear of offending those who believe in non-material or eternal souls. Crick, as one of the icons of science, does not have to ask Congress for funding, so he is not afraid to confront the religious implications of modern neuroscience research.

This is the opinion of the author of the wiki article about the author of the book not a quote from the book or an established fact.

Crick's book is an heroic attempt to wrest consciousness from the hands of philosophers and place it in the hands of scientists.

This another unquoted statement that is an opinion, not a fact.
NickP 17:12, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)

Needs an update[edit]

Nicholas- There are other changes that should be made to this article because of the death of Crick. Feel free to jump in and provide a more neural tone. JWSchmidt 04:50, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Freudian slip? Neural/neutral? Paul Beardsell 09:03, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nicely written article. I hope any re-write doesn't lose that. Paul Beardsell 09:02, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that this article is biased. It's fine the way it is and hope re-writing enhances the quality of this article and not change the intended theme. 203.199.194.131 10:11, 19 December 2005 (UTC)Rengarajan.S.[reply]

Reverting "recent studies"[edit]

I'm going to revert the changes made by 64.236.221.6. They appear to be original research - the referenced article isn't attempting to discredit Crick's ideas. Also, the claim that people do not naturally tend to accept the Astonishing Hypothesis (regardless of the truth of this claim) does not offer evidence against Crick's claim - in fact, it's why it's called the Astonishing Hypothesis. Benandorsqueaks 00:54, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

40 Hz[edit]

Shouldn't there be something here about consciousness (or awareness) and the 40 cycles per second neuronal oscillation? Myrvin (talk) 20:22, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]