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Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "The brain stays up all night telling stories while we sleep. We just call them dreams."

The brain stays up all night telling stories while we sleep. We just call them dreams.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "We are creatures of story, and the process of changing one mind or the whole world must begin with 'Once upon a time.'"

We are creatures of story, and the process of changing one mind or the whole world must begin with 'Once upon a time.'




Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "Story is where people go to practice the key skills of human social life."

Story is where people go to practice the key skills of human social life.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "We are a species addicted to a stories."

We are a species addicted to a stories.




Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "I'm living in the heart of gun culture, but I'm not a gun guy. I didn't grow up with them; I was never a hunter; my dad was never a hunter."

I'm living in the heart of gun culture, but I'm not a gun guy. I didn't grow up with them; I was never a hunter; my dad was never a hunter.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "People like head trauma. They love knockouts. The crowd is silent, silent, silent... and then a knockout happens, and everyone goes native. There would be far fewer knockouts without the gloves."

People like head trauma. They love knockouts. The crowd is silent, silent, silent... and then a knockout happens, and everyone goes native. There would be far fewer knockouts without the gloves.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries."

Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries.




Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "I don't think people are reacting primarily to the danger of the sport. There are many other activities that are truly dangerous that we have no inclination to ban."

I don't think people are reacting primarily to the danger of the sport. There are many other activities that are truly dangerous that we have no inclination to ban.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "I watch fights and I often feel morally compromised by it. I feel like I'm morally culpable for what's occurring because I'm the spectator and ultimately footing the bill for the spectacle."

I watch fights and I often feel morally compromised by it. I feel like I'm morally culpable for what's occurring because I'm the spectator and ultimately footing the bill for the spectacle.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm to your opponent than he does to you. It just seems ugly."

I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm to your opponent than he does to you. It just seems ugly.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "A boxing contest is a brain-damage contest. Who can give out more brain damage and who can absorb more of it?"

A boxing contest is a brain-damage contest. Who can give out more brain damage and who can absorb more of it?



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "I think the proper attitude toward fighting sports is one of ambivalence. You can be drawn to them, but you should also be repelled by them."

I think the proper attitude toward fighting sports is one of ambivalence. You can be drawn to them, but you should also be repelled by them.




Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "When you spar in boxing, the only thing that gets hurt is your brain. Everything else feels pretty good."

When you spar in boxing, the only thing that gets hurt is your brain. Everything else feels pretty good.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "We are critical and skeptical. But when we are absorbed in a story, we drop our intellectual guard."

We are critical and skeptical. But when we are absorbed in a story, we drop our intellectual guard.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "Human minds yield helplessly to the suction of story. No matter how hard we concentrate, no matter how deep we dig in our heels, we just can't resist the gravity of alternate worlds."

Human minds yield helplessly to the suction of story. No matter how hard we concentrate, no matter how deep we dig in our heels, we just can't resist the gravity of alternate worlds.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "If you want to burrow a message into a human mind. Work it into a story"

If you want to burrow a message into a human mind. Work it into a story



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "Fiction is an ancient virtual reality technology that specializes in simulating human problems."

Fiction is an ancient virtual reality technology that specializes in simulating human problems.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "Story is more akin to the lines on your palm. No matter what your fortuneteller claims, the lines are not maps of your future. They are side effects of the flexion of the hand."

Story is more akin to the lines on your palm. No matter what your fortuneteller claims, the lines are not maps of your future. They are side effects of the flexion of the hand.



Jonathan Gottschall Quotes: "Story = Character + Predicament + Attempted Extrication"

Story = Character + Predicament + Attempted Extrication