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on Jonah Lehrer’s resignation

¶ July 31, 2012 by Rob Friesel

When I posted my review of Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine, I also posted a copy/variation of that review to Goodreads. Today, I received a question in the comments: If he made up some of his sources, would you still respect his message? Given Michael C. Moynihan’s article and Lehrer’s own admission and resignation (see Julie Bosman’s […]

review: Imagine

¶ June 18, 2012 by Rob Friesel

In Imagine: How Creativity Works, Jonah Lehrer presents a series of experimental findings and narratives, and draws them together into an optimistic thesis on creativity and innovation. But there are two books here: there’s the successful book, the book where Lehrer is a capable wordsmith with a knack for describing and synthesizing these scientific findings […]