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David Eagleman Quotes

David Eagleman quotes

American Scientist

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I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around. David Eagleman
David Eagleman quote: "I think what a life in science really teaches you is the..."
I think what a life in science really teaches you is the vastness of our ignorance. David Eagleman
The same stimuli in the world can be inducing very different experiences internally and it's probably based on a single change in a gene. What I am doing is pulling the gene forward and imaging and doing behavioural tests to understand what that difference is and how reality can be constructed so differently. David Eagleman
David Eagleman quote: "I think the first decade of this century is going to be..."
I think the first decade of this century is going to be remembered as a time of extremism. David Eagleman
The three-pound organ in your skull - with its pink consistency of Jell-o - is an alien kind of computational material. It is composed of miniaturized, self-configuring parts, and it vastly outstrips anything we've dreamt of building. David Eagleman
David Eagleman quote: "Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for..."
Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time. David Eagleman
David Eagleman quote: "What we find is that our brains have colossal things happening..."
What we find is that our brains have colossal things happening in them all the time. David Eagleman
A typical neuron makes about ten thousand connections to neighboring neurons. Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many connections in a single cubic centimeter of brain tissue as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. David Eagleman
Every week I get letters from people worldwide who feel that the possibilian point of view represents their understanding better than either religion or neo-atheism. David Eagleman
What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty. The authors tell some story as though it's true, but they don't have any evidence that it is true! David Eagleman
I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us. David Eagleman
David Eagleman quote: "My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years."
My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years. David Eagleman
David Eagleman quote: "My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p...."
My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p. m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing. David Eagleman
People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent. David Eagleman
David Eagleman quote: "There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science."
There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science. David Eagleman

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