Mark R. Davis gave this book to me. If you, like me, saw how excited he was after reading this book, you’d know why I’d highly recommend anyone to read this book.

Have you ever thought that perhaps there’s no depth in our mind? Let me ask you, what’s your favourite food? … Have the answer? OK, now, why do you like it? Spend a bit of time to think about the answer.

Ok, how did you find the answer? You went inside your head to look for all the possible reasons of why you like, say, Japanese Ramen, right? That’s what we all think we do. But no, the author, Nick Chater, with scientific findings and references, tells you that’s all folk nonsense, your brain actually invented all that as it went. There is no underlying beliefs, desires, fears…

The rich mental world we imagine that we’re “looking in on” moment-by-moment, is actually a story that we’re inventing moment-by-moment.

Nick Chater, The Mind is Flat

It’s also one of the books that I mentioned to my friends and clients most. If you do read it, let’s have a discussion! 🙂