there have been a few critiques of his work from academic philosophers like thomas nagel and alfred neale but there has been nothing remotely like the popular response to neuroscientist encroachment on the humanities. shouldn't there be voices as prominent as lair's asking questions? are we really just the percolating of electrons as alex -- believes. in our emotional lives have we been for all this time nothing better than they humiliated effort of the sandman who falls in love with olivia a seductive piece of clockwork? for all these centuries have our soulmates as monty teo called his electronically simulated girlfriend, then mere congeries of wiring chemical? our best ideas, are our ideas best understood as a gene like means for which the most important consideration is not truth but adapt the fitness? is the best way to understand our social behavior by tagging the genes, the selfish gene, the violence gene, the altruism gene, that passion gene, the romance gene. these are real things by the way. google them. or real claims. most importantly whether the neuroscientists are correct ab

webster, vice president and service provider of video marketing cisco systems and then we will have thomas nagel, senior business development strategy service and next we will have the chief economist with us and last but not least we will have the policy counsel for consumer relations. welcome all of you. thank you for being here. >> is that all? sumac yes. >> okay. ranking member, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. i just returned from our annual spring show. i really wish you could have joined us. you would have seen a great testament to the state of the wireless industry. it is a vibrant and dynamic ecosystem that is innovative and competitive at every level. it is also an environment in which leadership is a consistent and defining characteristic and perhaps the best indicator of the vibrancy is the investment record. you believe that they commit capital to market that are open and competitive, the $30 billion invested in 2012 alone is a very good sign. this investment serves as a catalyst for what we like to call the virtual cycle of wireless investment