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title: "2 Along for the ride Quotes By Jeff Hawkins"
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> [Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand who we are and how we feel and perceive, we really understand what brains are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/our-bodies-are-hanging-along-for-the-ride-but-my-brain-is-talking-to/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

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> [We are our brains. My brain is talking to your brain; our bodies are hanging along for the ride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/we-are-our-brains-my-brain-is-talking-to-your-brain-our-bodies-are/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

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## Other authors on Along for the ride

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sarah-dessen-83191.jpg) Sarah Dessen 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/along-for-the-ride/sarah-dessen/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-philip-roth-75391.jpg) Philip Roth 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/along-for-the-ride/philip-roth/)

## More by Jeff Hawkins

> [Your perception of the world is ... really a fabrication of your model of the world. You don't really see light or sound. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/your-perception-of-the-world-is-really-a-fabrication-of-your-model-of/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/i-do-two-things-i-design-mobile-computers-and-i-study-brains/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [At times in the past, the U.S. did not restrict the number of immigrants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/at-times-in-the-past-the-u-s-did-not-restrict-the-number-of-immigrants/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> ['Dream Act' kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work harder to excel in school, they live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/dream-act-kids-are-like-all-other-american-kids-with-the-exception/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [You can't imagine how much detail we know about brains. There were 28,000 people who went to the neuroscience conference this year, and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/you-can-t-imagine-how-much-detail-we-know-about-brains-there-were-28/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [You know what, we don't know diddley squat about brains and no one has a clue how these things work, so don't believe what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/you-know-what-we-don-t-know-diddley-squat-about-brains-and-no-one-has/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/the-key-to-artificial-intelligence-has-always-been-the-representation/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [You and I are streaming data engines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/you-and-i-are-streaming-data-engines/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/prediction-is-not-just-one-of-the-things-your-brain-does-it-is-the/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/if-you-look-at-the-history-of-big-obstacles-in-understanding-our/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/in-grade-school-i-was-taught-that-the-united-states-is-a-melting-pot/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/whatever-the-difference-between-brilliant-and-average-brains-we-are/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [Complexity is not a cause of confusion. It is a result of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/complexity-is-not-a-cause-of-confusion-it-is-a-result-of-it/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [“The neocortex is not like a computer, parallel or otherwise. Instead of computing answers to problems the neocortex uses stored memories to solve problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/the-neocortex-is-not-like-a-computer-parallel-or-otherwise-instead-of/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

> [“the cortex uses the same computational tool to accomplish everything it does.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/the-cortex-uses-the-same-computational-tool-to-accomplish-everything/)

[Jeff Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hawkins/)

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