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> [The brain needs to have a story; it needs to have a logical screenplay telling where we're coming from and what we're going to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/the-brain-needs-to-have-a-story-it-needs-to-have-a-logical-screenplay/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

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## More by Miguel Nicolelis

> [I think the word 'soul' - it depends on what you define by 'soul.' If you're defining it as a mystical aura that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/i-think-the-word-soul-it-depends-on-what-you-define-by-soul-if-you-re/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [It's not telepathy. It's not the Borg. But we created a new central nervous system made of two brains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/it-s-not-telepathy-it-s-not-the-borg-but-we-created-a-new-central/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [There are several patients - there are thousands of patients, tens of thousands of patients, that carry either a stimulator in the brain or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/there-are-several-patients-there-are-thousands-of-patients-tens-of/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [You could have all the computer chips ever in the world and you won’t create a consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/you-could-have-all-the-computer-chips-ever-in-the-world-and-you-won-t/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [We cannot even predict what kinds of emergent properties would appear when animals begin interacting as part of a brain-net. In theory, you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/we-cannot-even-predict-what-kinds-of-emergent-properties-would-appear/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [We have about 100 million cells interconnected in our brains. They communicate with one another through electrical signals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/we-have-about-100-million-cells-interconnected-in-our-brains-they/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [We want kids to think that they can think about science. They don't need to just play soccer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/we-want-kids-to-think-that-they-can-think-about-science-they-don-t/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [Impossible is just the possible that someone has not put enough effort to make it come true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/impossible-is-just-the-possible-that-someone-has-not-put-enough/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [We started all this research way back in the early 1990s, developing a technique that allows us to record the electrical signals produced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/we-started-all-this-research-way-back-in-the-early-1990s-developing-a/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [We basically created a computational unit out of two brains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/we-basically-created-a-computational-unit-out-of-two-brains/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [The brain needs to have a story; it needs to have a logical screenplay telling where we're coming from and what we're going to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/the-brain-needs-to-have-a-story-it-needs-to-have-a-logical-screenplay/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [It's the first time an exoskeleton has been controlled by brain activity and offered feedback to the patients. Doing a demonstration in a stadium…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/it-s-the-first-time-an-exoskeleton-has-been-controlled-by-brain/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [I have no military application in my research. You know, we are all involved into rehabilitation medicine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/i-have-no-military-application-in-my-research-you-know-we-are-all/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [We want to galvanize people's imaginations. With enough political will and investment, we could make wheelchairs obsolete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/we-want-to-galvanize-people-s-imaginations-with-enough-political-will/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

> [Essentially, all expressions of human nature ever produced, from a caveman's paintings to Mozart's symphonies and Einstein's view of the universe, emerge from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-nicolelis/essentially-all-expressions-of-human-nature-ever-produced-from-a/)

[Miguel Nicolelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-nicolelis/)

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