The arguments for technology ruining our brains and destroying our ability to focus have, thankfully, been superseded by research into neuroplasticity, that our brains are far more flexible and open to re-wiring than we ever previously imagined.
Once a set of data or theory is superseded, scientific research tends no longer be cited or becomes part of what 'everybody already knows' (see Latour & Woolgar, 1986).
For researchers, the demands of research supersede those of clinical care.
The mystery is why Farrar, Straus & Giroux should publish this book now, since it came out in France in 1991, and even in that country has been superseded by new research.
Additionally, the document was published in 2008, so there is potential for more recent research to supersede the document content.
The monkey experiments, he says, "have never improved human health and are superseded by modern nonanimal research methods that can actually identify the causes of mental illness in people and how to treat it".
Most of the impetus for this change came from science and technology, where the practice of working in teams in research institutions largely superseded the practice of single individuals, such as Charles Darwin, working for years to complete their research and then publishing the results as a book.
The fact that we have established a thriving business and have 'success' stories, supersedes our need to collect research".
On more than one occasion, he submitted a small budget to address some of the issues, but other research priorities always superseded compounded by the fact that there was no funding line from research grants to address IPC issues.
Though, his passion for arts was superseded by the enthusiasm in scientific research, he continued to patronise arts and culture.
