Posted AT 1:13 PM EDT on 10/05/08
The new word in style: kluge
My two favourite pairs of shoes remind me of my new favourite word: kluge. Definition: (klooj) noun slang; a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem.In his new book on the same subject, Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind, psychology professor Gary Marcus explores the idea that our brains, while efficient in some ways, are ultimately clumsy in their reasoning - the functional but inefficient result of leftover evolutionary tics.
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