There's a popular concept of 'intelligence' as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as opposed to, say, social skills. So people say that... →
Eliezer Yudkowsky
I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the... →
Fritz Zwicky
And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has crumpled into dust, how vitally important it must... →
Algernon H. Blackwood
Natural selection shaped the human brain to be drawn toward aspects of nature that enhance our survival and reproduction, like verdant landscapes and... →
Paul Bloom
Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls.
Some scholars argue that although the brain might contain neural subsystems, or modules, specialized for tasks like recognizing faces and... →
Fashion is a vampiric thing; it's the Hoover on your brain. That's why I wear the hats, to keep everyone away from me. They say, 'Oh, can... →
Isabella Blow
Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to... →
Steven Bochco
I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.
Big Boi
I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up.
Erma Bombeck