Evolution Quote by David Abram

The brain was designed by evolution, so each part of it is optimized for what it does, and it's incredibly, incredibly complex.

— Paul Allen

A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain.

— Oliver Sacks

The brain is the great factory of thought. To it are directed all the forces of nature, forces which, for thousands of years, have…

— Leonardo Bianchi

The dynamic interplay of neural activity within and in between systems is the very essence of brain function.

— Richard Restak

We are part of nature, a product of a long evolutionary journey. To some degree, we carry the ancient oceans in our blood. ……

— Murray Bookchin

“Inside our skulls are fish, reptile and shrew brains, as well as the highest centers that allow us to integrate information in our unique…

— Ian Tattersall

(The mind's) dynamics transcend the time and space of brain physiology.

— Roger Wolcott Sperry

The initial organization of the brain does not depend that much on experience. Nature provides a first draft, which experience then revises.

— Jonathan Haidt

“The brain is much more flexible and adaptable than previously thought. It can evolve and creatively work around limitations and nullify them.”

— James Morcan

“Rather, each brain develops its own idiosyncratic representations of higher-level content. Which particular neuronal assemblies are recruited to represent a particular concept depends on…

— Nick Bostrom

I respond well to what I read of Immanuel Kant's idea that the world as we see it is absolutely a function of the…

— Bernard Beckett

The brain alone is intricate beyond mapping, powerful beyond imitation, rich in diversity, self-protecting, and self-renewing. The secret is that it is grown, not…

— Fred Brooks