Curb your scepticism

摘要

FOR a show that promises a comedy romp through 2500 years of thought, the opening gambit of Total Eclipse of Descartes evokes the punchline of an old joke: "I wouldn't start from here." Forget "I think, therefore I am", comic Robert Newman wants to discuss the work of a largely forgotten psychology professor, who was involved in developing the UK's 11-plus school admission test system.