Ego tripping the Freud fantastic

[image error]I just got sent this fantastic article from The Guardian in 2006 where neuropsychologist Paul Broks discusses Freud's legacy in light of the burgeoning brain sciences.

As always, Broks writes brilliantly, and the piece starts with a wryly observed domestic scene.

One Sunday morning, when he was four years old, my son climbed into bed with his mother. I was downstairs making coffee. "Mum," I heard him saying as I returned, "I'd like to kill Daddy." It was a dispassionate declaration, said...