With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player. — Sharon Begley Copy Share Image
We look harder for flaws in a study when we don't agree with its conclusions. — Sharon Begley Copy Share
Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views. — Sharon Begley Copy Share
The mind can store an estimated ioo trillion bits of information compared with which a computer's mere billions are virtually amnesiac. — Sharon Begley Copy Share
With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player. — Sharon Begley Copy Share
The conscious act of thinking about one's thoughts in a different way changes the very brain circuits that do that thinking. — Sharon Begley Copy Share
Like sand on the beach, the brain bears the footprints of the decisions we have made, the skills we have learned, the actions we… — Sharon Begley Copy Share
A single decision by the chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell has a greater impact on the health of the planet than all the coffee-ground-composting, organic-cotton-wearing… — Sharon Begley Copy Share
