Brain Quote by Nick Bostrom

“Knowledge emerged about synapses, neurotransmitter-ology was born, and this idea was modified—a new memory requires the formation of a new synapse, a new connection…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“We still don’t have a clue about what’s going on in the human brain. We have theories; we just don’t know for sure. We…

— Annie Jacobsen

Nerve cells communicate with one another at specialized points called synapses. And these synapses are plastic - they can be modified by learning.

— Eric Kandel

- My instructors in science and technology have taught us about how the brain works. It's full of electrical impulses. It's like a computer.…

— Lois Lowry

“During the twentieth century, neuroscientists and psychologists also came to more fully appreciate the astounding complexity of the human brain. Inside our skulls, they…

— Nicholas Carr

“It seems fairly likely, however, that even if progress along the whole brain emulation path is swift, artificial intelligence will nevertheless be first to…

— Nick Bostrom

“The pattern recognition theory of mind that I articulate in this book is based on a different fundamental unit: not the neuron itself, but…

— Ray Kurzweil

The human brain is generally regarded as a complex web of adaptations built into the nervous system, even though no one knows how.

— Michael Gazzaniga

There are billions of neurons in our brains, but what are neurons? Just cells. The brain has no knowledge until connections are made between…

— Tim Berners-Lee

Made up of a dozen billion microscopic nerve-cell units interconnected by millions upon millions of conducting nerve-threads weaving incredibly intricate patterns, the brain, as…

— William Feindel

The human brain is estimated to have about a hundred billion nerve cells, two million miles of axons, and a million billion synapses, making…

— Tim Green

Our ability to study the brain has been limited because of our tools and our tools have only allowed us to look at one…

— Carl Hart