Human Brain Quotes

153 Human Brain quotes by 129 unique authors

I bet the human brain is a kludge — Marvin Minsky
The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose. — Donal Henahan
Accepting trial and error means accepting error. It means taking problems in our stride when a decision doesn't work out, whether through luck or misjudgment.… — Tim Harford
The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind… — Gustav Holst
The hope is that, in not too many years, human brains and computing machines will be coupled together very tightly, and that the resulting partnership… — J. C. R. Licklider
That so many manage to accommodate belief systems encompassing both the natural and the supernatural is a testament not to the compatibility of science and… — Susan Jacoby
The tools used by the surgeons must be adapted to the task and where the human brain is concerned they cannot be too refined. — Unknown Author
There are 100 billion neurons in the adult human brain, and each neuron makes something like 1,000 to 10,000 contacts with other neurons in the… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
The human brain is like a memory system that records every thing that happens to us and makes intelligent predictions based on those experiences. — Daniel Tammet
To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone. There is a… — John Hall Gladstone
If the cells and fibres in one human brain were all stretched out end to end, they would certainly reach to the moon and back.… — Colin Blakemore
Those are miracles that no merely human brain can work. The artist is merely the sound conduct of a Force that dictates to him what… — Johannes Brahms
What makes it possible to learn advanced math fairly quickly is that the human brain is capable of learning to follow a given set of… — Keith Devlin
Sociopaths love power. They love winning. If you take loving kindness out of the human brain, there's not much left except the will to win. — Martha Stout
Pour some water into a tub and stir it up. Now try as hard as you can to calm the water with your hands; you… — Koichi Tohei
Faith is unlearning this senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive. It is far more complex than simply modifying behavior. Faith is rewiring… — Mark Batterson
Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are… — Garry Kasparov
We are going to need organizations that are culturally equipped to adapt. They must have internal processes that are creative, generative, and productive rather than… — Karl Albrecht
Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when working at full efficiency, not unlike myself! — Colin Baker
The talent for self-justification is surely the finest flower of human evolution, the greatest achievement of the human brain. When it comes to justifying actions,… — Michael Foley

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