“If the human brain were simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Time is a structured perception of human brain on natural events. Eternity ain't based on the human perception, but on perpetual cycle.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“The storage capacity of the average human brain is two-hundred and fifty-six exabytes. However, the average adult human only uses approximately one… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
One of the primary reasons why the human brain has evolved to look so far into the future is so that we… — Daniel Goldstein Copy Share Image
From the growth of the Internet through to the mapping of the human genome and our understanding of the human brain, the… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“Institutions are “stable, valued, recurring patterns of behavior,” as Huntington put it, the most important function of which is to facilitate collective… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The human brain represents the infinity opportunity our powers are endless if we understand, harness, and empower ourselves to look inside and… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
“the human brain is a binary system—synapses either fire or they don’t—they are on or off, like a computer switch. The brain… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“the past had been no better or worse than the present—the human brain glossed over horror and hardship and revived what it… — Jennifer Ashley Copy Share Image
“People get smarter. The human brain has a potential for development. Some day it will grow big enough so that everybody will… — Harry Bernstein Copy Share Image
“...The spiritual Oriental teachers say a person has three forms of mind,'' Beatrice was explaining to him once, while they were on… — Anton Sammut Copy Share Image
A software system is transparent when you can look at it and immediately see what is going on. It is simple when… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain. — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
There's something about the human brain, that it actually has a predilection towards negativity, which served us really well when we lived… — Moby Copy Share Image
If you could map out a human brain, an open question is, if you simulated it, would it be you? Now, as… — Edward Boyden Copy Share Image
As powerful as the power of positive thoughts are, depression biologically interferes with the brain's ability to maintain a positive thought for… — Harold H. Bloomfield Copy Share Image
“Business of all kinds, over the centuries, had atrophied certain sense receptors and areas of the human brain, so that for most… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“The comedian Emo Philips once said, “I used to think the human brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
It is unmatched in its ability to think, to communicate, and to reason. Most striking of all, it has a unique awareness… — Peter Coveney Copy Share Image
“The Soviets were not 50% right, they were entirely wrong. They weren’t quantitatively wrong about the amount of variance due to the… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“If you want the shortest version of my answer to the question of why Buddhism is true, it's this: Because we are… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
Dear Hilde, if the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly. — Colin Baker Copy Share Image
“The human brain can protect us from seeing and feeling what it believes may be too uncomfortable for us to tolerate. It… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image