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> [Coming in second place just means you were the first person to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hawkins/coming-in-second-place-just-means-you-were-the-first-person-to-lose/)

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

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## 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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