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“Love was not specified in the design of your brain; it is merely an endearing algorithm that freeloads on the leftover processing cycles.”
― Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
― Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
“Instead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it.”
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
“Societies would _not_ be better off if everyone were like Mr Spock, all rationality and no emotion. Instead, a balance - a teaming up of the internal rivals - is optimal for brains. ... Some balance of the emotional and rational systems is needed, and that balance may already be optimized by natural selection in human brains.”
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
“Humans have discovered that they cannot stop Death, but at least they can spit in his drink.”
― Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
― Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
“When you arrive in the afterlife, you find that Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley sits on a throne. She is cared for and protected by a covey of angels.
After some questioning, you find out that God's favorite book is Shelley's Frankenstein. He sits up at night with a worn copy of the book clutched in his mighty hands, alternately reading the book and staring reflectively at the night sky.”
― Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
After some questioning, you find out that God's favorite book is Shelley's Frankenstein. He sits up at night with a worn copy of the book clutched in his mighty hands, alternately reading the book and staring reflectively at the night sky.”
― Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
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