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Everything, including that which happens in our brains, depends on these and only on these: A set of fixed, deterministic laws. — Marvin Minsky
Our brains have been designed to blur the line between self and other. It is an ancient neural circuitry that marks every mammal, from mouse… — Frans de Waal
Before a brain can register a thought, a mind must think it... every step of the way is mind over matter... We override our brains… — Deepak Chopra
Tip-of-the-tongue syndrome is when people almost remember something but need a computer, or someone else, to help them find it. The problem is, our brains… — Clive Thompson
Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities. — Robert Kiyosaki
We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day… — Laurie Colwin
Physical presence provides chemical, relational, psychological and physiological effects that virtual relationships cannot. Our brains change in the presence of another person and their behavior. — Henry Cloud
More-radical scholars insist that an inherent clash exists between science and our long-held conceptions about consciousness and moral agency: if you accept that our brains… — Paul Bloom
We can imagine our bodies being destroyed, our brains ceasing to function, our bones turning to dust, but it is harder - some would say… — Paul Bloom
We have about 100 million cells interconnected in our brains. They communicate with one another through electrical signals. — Miguel Nicolelis
In the developed world, hundreds of millions of us now face the bizarre problem of surfeit. Yet our brains, instincts, and socialized behavior are still… — Martha Beck
All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while… — Martha Beck
Books externalise our brains and turn our homes into thinking bodies. — John Updike
Like our physical bodies, our memory becomes out of shape. As children, we are constantly learning new experiences, but by the time we reach our… — Tony Buzan
Stress overload makes us stupid. Solid research proves it. When we get overstressed, it creates a nasty chemical soup in our brains that makes it… — Gail Sheehy
If you hear a statistic, you will make up a story to go with it, because our brains are organized on narrative. And you may… — Gloria Steinem
We have developed a culture in which we eat with our taste buds, not our brains. — David H. Murdock
All human states are organic brain states - happiness, sadness, fear, lust, dreaming, doing math problems and writing novels - and our brains are not… — Siri Hustvedt
The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains. — Julian Barbour
We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life. — Andre Rieu
Our culture constantly inundates us with new information, and yet our brains capture so little of it. I can spend half a dozen hours reading… — Joshua Foer
It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
YES! Everything happens for a reason, but we are only human and our sights only see as far as our eyes lead and our understanding… — Unknown Author
We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the… — Unknown Author
Humanity is mostly operating on the level of instinct, even though it has the power of the rational mind. It is a lower evolved part… — Unknown Author

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