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V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Your conscious life is an elaborate after-the-fact rationalization of things you really do for other reasons."

Your conscious life is an elaborate after-the-fact rationalization of things you really do for other reasons.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "What the neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion."

What the neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion.




V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation."

A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "People often ask how I got interested in the brain; my rhetorical answer is: 'How can anyone NOT be interested in it?' Everything you call 'human nature' and consciousness arises from it."

People often ask how I got interested in the brain; my rhetorical answer is: 'How can anyone NOT be interested in it?' Everything you call 'human nature' and consciousness arises from it.




V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Great art allows you to transcend your mortal frame and to reach for the stars. I think great science does the same thing."

Great art allows you to transcend your mortal frame and to reach for the stars. I think great science does the same thing.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "With the arrival of humans, it has been said, the universe has suddenly become conscious of itself. This, truly, it the greatest mystery of all."

With the arrival of humans, it has been said, the universe has suddenly become conscious of itself. This, truly, it the greatest mystery of all.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "A genius is somebody who seemingly just reaches out of nowhere."

A genius is somebody who seemingly just reaches out of nowhere.




V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain."

The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted."

Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Yet as human beings we have to accept-with humility-that the question of ultimate origins will always remain with us, no matter how deeply we understand the brain and the cosmos that it creates."

Yet as human beings we have to accept-with humility-that the question of ultimate origins will always remain with us, no matter how deeply we understand the brain and the cosmos that it creates.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain."

Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Think about what artists, novelists and poets have in common: the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking, linking seemingly unrelated ideas, such as, 'It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun.'"

Think about what artists, novelists and poets have in common: the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking, linking seemingly unrelated ideas, such as, 'It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun.'




V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "The boundary between neurology and psychiatry is becoming increasingly blurred, and its only a matter of time before psychiatry becomes just another branch of neurology."

The boundary between neurology and psychiatry is becoming increasingly blurred, and its only a matter of time before psychiatry becomes just another branch of neurology.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Any ape can reach for a banana, but only humans can reach for the stars."

Any ape can reach for a banana, but only humans can reach for the stars.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "The brain abhors discrepancies."

The brain abhors discrepancies.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Without ducking responsibility, what's wrong with medicine today is that it is predicated on providing treatment, not on reducing suffering. Not on solving problems."

Without ducking responsibility, what's wrong with medicine today is that it is predicated on providing treatment, not on reducing suffering. Not on solving problems.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we’d be terrified."

If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we’d be terrified.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but thats part of the game."

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but thats part of the game.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "Even today no computer can understand language as well as a three-year-old or see as well as a mouse."

Even today no computer can understand language as well as a three-year-old or see as well as a mouse.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative."

The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "You cant just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that."

You cant just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain."

If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.



V.S. Ramachandran Quotes: "He had the arrogance of the believer, but none of the humility of the deeply religious."

He had the arrogance of the believer, but none of the humility of the deeply religious.