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“The neural processes underlying that which we call creativity have nothing to do with rationality. That is to say, if we look at how the brain generates creativity, we will see that it is not a rational process at all; creativity is not born out of reasoning.”
― I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self
― I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self
“Under the section heading “Experiments with Human Subjects” – a heading that, were I a doctor previously employed by Nazi Germany, I might have rephrased –”
― Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
― Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
“I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.”
― The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World
― The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World
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