The brain, he writes, is like Kublai Khan, the great Mongol emperor of the thirteenth century. It sits enthroned in its skull, "encased in darkness and silence, " at a lofty remove from brute reality. Messengers stream in from every corner of the sensory kingdom, bringing word of distant sights, sounds, and smells. Their reports arrive at different rates, often long out of date, yet the details are all stitched together into a seamless chronology. The difference is that Kublai Khan was piecing together the past. The brain is describing the present–processing reams of disjointed data on the fly, editing everything down to an instantaneous now. How does it manage it?. Burkhard Bilger
Learn to deal with the fact that you are not a perfect person but you are a person that deserves respect and honesty.
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Pandora Poikilos
My brain tells me it will be better to just let him go. My heart... not so much.
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Simone Elkeles
Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.
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Jeffrey Eugenides
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
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Dalai Lama Xiv
Rabbit's clever, " said Pooh thoughtfully." Yes, " said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."" And he has Brain.""Yes, " said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."There was a long silence." I suppose, " said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything.
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A.a. Milne
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One of the seats of emotion and memory in the brain is the amygdala, he explained. When something threatens your life, this area seems to kick into overdrive, recording every last detail of the experience. The more detailed the memory, the longer the moment seems...
The brain, he writes, is like Kublai Khan, the great Mongol emperor of the thirteenth century. It sits enthroned in its skull, "encased in darkness and silence, " at a lofty remove from brute reality. Messengers stream in from every corner of the sensory kingdom,...
