I must confess I had (and still have) two very different reactions to this discovery. The first is sheer incredulity and skepticism. The observation doesn’t contradict anything we know in neurology (partly because we know so little), but it sounds outlandish. The very notion of some skill being enhanced by knocking out parts of the brain is bizarre—the sort of thing you would expect to see on The X-Files. It also smacks of the kind of pep talk you hear from motivational gurus who are forever telling you about all your hidden talents waiting to be awakened by purchasing their tapes. Or drug
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