Brooks Update

Mark Liberman over at The Language Log shoots holes in that useless Brooks' column:

My favorite bit:

Is there any conclusion whose empirical and logical foundations are adequately established by Brooks' column? In my opinion, there's at least one: we shouldn't accept any public policy recommendations on the basis of Brooks' understanding of cognitive neuroscience.

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003246.html#more

But that's not by any means the best bit. It's a thorough and thoughtful examination of what Brooks did such a sloppy job buzzing through. The ending is particularly good. Go on, go see.