Aloof Quote by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

“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 Facebook and Internet, you're actually quite literally connected by your neurons.” quote by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran — Download Open image

“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 Facebook and Internet, you're actually quite literally connected by your neurons.”

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

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