Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes

Human Errors

A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes

2018 • 256 pages

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15

The book was quite lighthearted and non-exhaustive, which can sometimes make some of the theories oversimplified and shallow. However, it does a good job of keeping the reader's attention. The topic of this book is quite interesting, and just like the author has said, while many books sing praises to the greatness of the human body, this book discusses something that shows a more pragmatic nature of evolution (similar to ‘The Blind Watchmaker' by Richard Dawkins, but with more information on designing faults). I do think the first chapter, ‘Pointless Bones and Anatomical Errors,' could have been more elaborated upon. I also liked how the author discussed our cognitive biases as a bug in our system in Chapter 6, ‘A Species of Suckers.' I'm not sure if the long epilogue added much to the book, but it seems alright.
4 stars out of 5.

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