Giulio Tononi > Quotes

“Murky thoughts, like murky waters, can serve two purposes only: to hide what lies beneath, which is our ignorance, or to make the shallow seem deep”
― Giulio Tononi, Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul

“(...) we should strive to grow consciousness
itself — to generate bigger, brighter lights in an otherwise dark universe.”
― Giulio Tononi, Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul

“He put his ear to his own chest and listened to the heart. How could the pulse go on, beat after beat, for all of life? No machine could run that long without a stumble. Ask not if the beating cranks are going to jam, but when.”
― Giulio Tononi, Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul

“Sleep is the price we pay for learning”
― Giulio Tononi, International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 37: Selectionism and the Brain