Humans have discovered that they cannot stop Death, but at least they can spit in his drink. — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
One of the most impressive features of brains - and especially human brains - is the flexibility to learn almost any kind… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
“To a space alien or a German Shepherd dog, the two humans would be indistinguishable, just as attractive and unattractive space aliens… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
The majority of human beings live their whole lives unaware that they are only seeing a limited cone of vision at any… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Societies would _not_ be better off if everyone were like Mr Spock, all rationality and no emotion. Instead, a balance - a… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
At least 15 percent of human females possess a genetic mutation that gives them an extra (fourth) type of color photoreceptor -… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
“even while it’s true that we are tied to our molecules and proteins and neurons—as strokes and hormones and drugs and microorganisms… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Many people prefer a view of human nature that includes a true side and a false side - in other words, humans… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
When we're in a human body, we don't care about universal collapse - instead, we care only about a meeting of the… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
We're trapped on this very thin slice of perception ... But even at that slice of reality that we call home, we're not seeing… — David Eagleman Copy Share
Visual cortex is fundamentally a machine whose job is to generate a model of the world. — David Eagleman Copy Share
If you ever feel lazy or dull, take heart: you're the busiest, brightest thing on the planet. — David Eagleman Copy Share
We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them. — David Eagleman Copy Share
“with the knowledge that you cannot appreciate the destination without knowing the starting point; you cannot revel in the simplicity unless you remember the… — David Eagleman Copy Share
“If an epileptic seizure is focused in a particular sweet spot in the temporal lobe, a person won´t have motor seizures, but instead something… — David Eagleman Copy Share
The deep secret of the brain is that not only the spinal cord but the entire central nervous system works this way: internally generated… — David Eagleman Copy Share
When people fall in love, there´s period of up to three years during which the zeal and infatuation ride at a peak. The internal… — David Eagleman Copy Share
The majority of human beings live their whole lives unaware that they are only seeing a limited cone of vision at any moment. — David Eagleman Copy Share
Our ignorance of the cosmos is too vast to commit to atheism, and yet we know too much to commit to a particular religion.… — David Eagleman Copy Share
“As Gazzaniga put it, "these findings all suggest that the interpretive mechanism of the left hemisphere is always hard at work, seeking the meaning… — David Eagleman Copy Share
I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast… — David Eagleman Copy Share
When the brain activity is kindled in the right spot, people hear voices. If a physician prescribes an anti-epileptic medication, the seizures go away… — David Eagleman Copy Share
“Platoons and plays and stores and congresses do not end - they simply move on to a different dimension.” — David Eagleman Copy Share
Awareness of your surroundings occurs only when sensory inputs violate expectations. When the world is successfully predicted away, awareness is not needed because the… — David Eagleman Copy Share
