Neurons Quotes

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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver. — Diane Ackerman
Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.Imagine the brain, that… — Diane Ackerman
There are billions of neurons in our brains, but what are neurons? Just cells. The brain has no knowledge until connections are made between neurons.… — Tim Berners-Lee
[N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a really good idea.… — Carl Sagan
When carbon (C), Oxygen (o) and hydrogen (H) atoms bond in a certain way to form sugar, the resulting compound has a sweet taste. The… — Fritjof Capra
We are compelled to drive toward total knowledge, right down to the levels of the neuron and the gene. When we have progressed enough to… — E. O. Wilson
The brain is a monstrous, beautiful mess. Its billions of nerve cells - called neurons - lie in a tangled web that displays cognitive powers… — William Allman
The brain, or cerebrum, is a material entity located inside the skull which may be inspected, touched, weighed, and measured. It is composed of chemicals,… — Jose Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
The brain immediately confronts us with its great complexity. The human brain weighs only three to four pounds but contains about 100 billion neurons. Although… — Gerald Fischbach
Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical labyrinth that senses… — Carl Zimmer
Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of these frequencies… — Francis Crick
Such a bandwidth! God, who may not have a brain made of neurons, or a CPU made of silicon, but if he has the powers… — Richard Dawkins
When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they're standing, and what it feels… — Meg Rosoff
The entire universe - for one thing - only exists in your perceptions. That's all you're gonna see of it. To all practical intents and… — Alan Moore
Youâ€™re nothing but a pack of neurons. — Francis Crick
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
Here is a neuron that fires when I reach and grab something, but it also fires when I watch Joe reaching and grabbing something. ...… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
If you start responding to every stimulus, then you end up as a nerve gas case, quite literally. Neurons fire at once. — Hollis Frampton
There is no real independent self, aloof from other human beings, inspecting the world, inspecting other people. You are, in fact, connected not just via… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
The cells and fibers of the brain must carry some kind of individual identification tags, presumably cytochemical in nature, by which they are distinguished one… — Roger Wolcott Sperry

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