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David Eagleman Quotes: "Every atom in your body is the same quark in different places at the same moment in time."

Every atom in your body is the same quark in different places at the same moment in time.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Instead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it."

Instead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it.




David Eagleman Quotes: "As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University."

As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University.



David Eagleman Quotes: "It turns out your conscious mind - the part you think of as you - is really the smallest part of what’s happening in your brain, and usually the last one in line to find out any information."

It turns out your conscious mind - the part you think of as you - is really the smallest part of what’s happening in your brain, and usually the last one in line to find out any information.




David Eagleman Quotes: "The first lesson about trusting your senses is: don't. Just because you believe something to be true, just because you know it's true, that doesn't mean it is true."

The first lesson about trusting your senses is: don't. Just because you believe something to be true, just because you know it's true, that doesn't mean it is true.



David Eagleman Quotes: "There is a looming chasm between what your brain knows and what your mind is capable of accessing."

There is a looming chasm between what your brain knows and what your mind is capable of accessing.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Love was not specified in the design of your brain; it is merely an endearing algorithm that freeloads on the leftover processing cycles."

Love was not specified in the design of your brain; it is merely an endearing algorithm that freeloads on the leftover processing cycles.




David Eagleman Quotes: "You are more likely to believe that a statement is true if you have heard it before - whether or not it is actually true."

You are more likely to believe that a statement is true if you have heard it before - whether or not it is actually true.



David Eagleman Quotes: "What a life in science really teaches you is the vastness of our ignorance."

What a life in science really teaches you is the vastness of our ignorance.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia - hundreds of billions of them. Each one of these cells is as complicated as a city."

Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia - hundreds of billions of them. Each one of these cells is as complicated as a city.



David Eagleman Quotes: "We don't really understand most of what's happening in the cosmos. Is there any afterlife? Who knows."

We don't really understand most of what's happening in the cosmos. Is there any afterlife? Who knows.



David Eagleman Quotes: "You´re not perceiving what's out there. You're perceiving whatever your brain tells you."

You´re not perceiving what's out there. You're perceiving whatever your brain tells you.




David Eagleman Quotes: "I know one lab that studies nicotine receptors and all the scientists are smokers, and another lab that studies impulse control and they're all overweight."

I know one lab that studies nicotine receptors and all the scientists are smokers, and another lab that studies impulse control and they're all overweight.



David Eagleman Quotes: "It is the most wondrous thing we have discovered in the universe, and it is us."

It is the most wondrous thing we have discovered in the universe, and it is us.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones who can empathize with their problems."

Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones who can empathize with their problems.



David Eagleman Quotes: "To a space alien or a German Shepherd dog, two humans would be indistinguishable, just as attractive and unattractive space aliens and German Shepherd dogs are difficult for you to tell apart."

To a space alien or a German Shepherd dog, two humans would be indistinguishable, just as attractive and unattractive space aliens and German Shepherd dogs are difficult for you to tell apart.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Since we live in the heads of those who remember us, we lose control of our lives and become who they want us to be."

Since we live in the heads of those who remember us, we lose control of our lives and become who they want us to be.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Our internal life and external actions are steered by biological coctails to which we have neither immediate access nor direct acquaintance."

Our internal life and external actions are steered by biological coctails to which we have neither immediate access nor direct acquaintance.



David Eagleman Quotes: "I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around."

I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Every week I get letters from people worldwide who feel that the possibilian point of view represents their understanding better than either religion or neo-atheism."

Every week I get letters from people worldwide who feel that the possibilian point of view represents their understanding better than either religion or neo-atheism.



David Eagleman Quotes: "The conscious mind is not at the center of the action in the brain; instead, it is far out on a distant edge, hearing but whispers of the activity."

The conscious mind is not at the center of the action in the brain; instead, it is far out on a distant edge, hearing but whispers of the activity.



David Eagleman Quotes: "I call myself a Possibilian: I'm open to...ideas that we don't have any way of testing right now."

I call myself a Possibilian: I'm open to...ideas that we don't have any way of testing right now.



David Eagleman Quotes: "I always bounce my legs when I'm sitting."

I always bounce my legs when I'm sitting.



David Eagleman Quotes: "If choices and decisions derive from hidden mental processes, then free choice is either an illusion or, at minimum, more tightly constrained than previously considered."

If choices and decisions derive from hidden mental processes, then free choice is either an illusion or, at minimum, more tightly constrained than previously considered.



David Eagleman Quotes: "We're trapped on this very thin slice of perception ... But even at that slice of reality that we call home, we're not seeing most of what's going on."

We're trapped on this very thin slice of perception ... But even at that slice of reality that we call home, we're not seeing most of what's going on.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Our reality depends on what our biology is up to."

Our reality depends on what our biology is up to.



David Eagleman Quotes: "It is only through us that God lives. When we abandon him, he dies."

It is only through us that God lives. When we abandon him, he dies.



David Eagleman Quotes: "...you are battered and bruised in the collisions between reminiscence and reality."

...you are battered and bruised in the collisions between reminiscence and reality.



David Eagleman Quotes: "People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent."

People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.



David Eagleman Quotes: "There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science."

There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science.



David Eagleman Quotes: "All activity in the brain is driven by other activity in the brain, in a vastly complex, interconnected network."

All activity in the brain is driven by other activity in the brain, in a vastly complex, interconnected network.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Neuroscience over the next 50 years is going to introduce things that are mind-blowing."

Neuroscience over the next 50 years is going to introduce things that are mind-blowing.



David Eagleman Quotes: "There are always wonderful mysteries to confront."

There are always wonderful mysteries to confront.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Who you are depends on the sum total of your neurobiology."

Who you are depends on the sum total of your neurobiology.



David Eagleman Quotes: "I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us."

I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Death... The moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time."

Death... The moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.



David Eagleman Quotes: "We believe we're seeing the world just fine until it's called to our attention that we're not."

We believe we're seeing the world just fine until it's called to our attention that we're not.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Even though the outside world has not changed, your brain dynamically presents different interpretations."

Even though the outside world has not changed, your brain dynamically presents different interpretations.



David Eagleman Quotes: "We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them."

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



David Eagleman Quotes: "If our brains were simple enough to be understood, we wouldn't be smart enough to understand them."

If our brains were simple enough to be understood, we wouldn't be smart enough to understand them.



David Eagleman Quotes: "All creation necessarily ends in this: Creators, powerless, fleeing from the things they have wrought."

All creation necessarily ends in this: Creators, powerless, fleeing from the things they have wrought.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Behavior is the outcome of the battle among internal systems."

Behavior is the outcome of the battle among internal systems.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Everything that creates itself upon the backs of smaller scales will by those same scales be consumed."

Everything that creates itself upon the backs of smaller scales will by those same scales be consumed.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Because vision appears so effortless, we are like fish challenged to understand water."

Because vision appears so effortless, we are like fish challenged to understand water.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Humans have discovered that they cannot stop Death, but at least they can spit in his drink."

Humans have discovered that they cannot stop Death, but at least they can spit in his drink.



David Eagleman Quotes: "The more familiar the world becomes, the less information your brain writes down, and the more quickly time seems to pass."

The more familiar the world becomes, the less information your brain writes down, and the more quickly time seems to pass.



David Eagleman Quotes: "The drives you take for granted ("I'm a hetero/homosexual," "I'm attracted to children/adults," "I'm aggressive/not aggressive," and so on) depend on the intricate details of your neural machinery."

The drives you take for granted ("I'm a hetero/homosexual," "I'm attracted to children/adults," "I'm aggressive/not aggressive," and so on) depend on the intricate details of your neural machinery.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Asleep vision (dreaming) is perception that is not tied down to anything in the real world; waking perception is something like dreaming with a little more commitment to what's in front of you."

Asleep vision (dreaming) is perception that is not tied down to anything in the real world; waking perception is something like dreaming with a little more commitment to what's in front of you.



David Eagleman Quotes: "Awareness of your surroundings occurs only when sensory inputs violate expectations. When the world is successfully predicted away, awareness is not needed because the brain is doing its job well."

Awareness of your surroundings occurs only when sensory inputs violate expectations. When the world is successfully predicted away, awareness is not needed because the brain is doing its job well.