Answer Quote by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

It's a great question about what is our mind. Undoubtedly a creation of our brain.

— Jerzy Vetulani

I'm very interested in the question of how we perceive something, how consciousness goes from one thing, like looking at you in your black…

— Hilton Als

Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence.

— Sri Aurobindo

Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth…

— Stuart Sutherland

The feeling of being interested can act as a kind of neurological signal, directing us to fruitful areas of inquiry.

— B. F. Skinner

I'm very interested in the human mind, what's going on in there.

— Letitia Wright

We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them.

— David Eagleman

If you could map out a human brain, an open question is, if you simulated it, would it be you? Now, as we discussed…

— Edward Boyden

The human mind is a channel through which things-to-be are coming into the realm of things-that-are .

— Henry Ford

We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.

— Ray Kurzweil

The peculiar fascination of the brain lies in the fact that there is probably no other object of scientific enquiry about which we know…

— Gerd Sommerhoff

When I read philosophy or neuroscience papers about consciousness, I don't get the sense we're any closer to understanding it than we were 50…

— Stuart J. Russell