What did David Eagleman mean by: Visual cortex is fundamentally a machine whose job is to generate a model of the world. - David Eagleman Neuroscientist Copy
+ What we find is that our brains have colossal things happening in them all the time. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Eagleman, Brain, Happenings, 0 - David Eagleman Neuroscientist
+ We believe we’re seeing the world just fine until it’s called to our attention that we’re not. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Eagleman, Attention, Believe, 0 - David Eagleman Neuroscientist
+ It is only through us that God lives. When we abandon him, he dies. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Eagleman, Abandon, Die, 0 - David Eagleman Neuroscientist
+ The main thing known about secrets is that keeping them is unhealthy for the brain. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Eagleman, Brain, Secret, Unhealthy, 0 - David Eagleman Neuroscientist
+ We are not the ones driving the boat of our behavior, at least not nearly as much as we believe. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Eagleman, Believe, Boat, Driving, 0 - David Eagleman Neuroscientist
+ I call myself a Possibilian: I’m open to…ideas that we don’t have any way of testing right now. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Eagleman, Faith, Ideas, 0 - David Eagleman Neuroscientist
+ We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Eagleman, Conscious, 0 - David Eagleman Neuroscientist
+ Just like a good drama, the human brain runs on conflict. Feraz Zeid, August 30, 2023December 24, 2023, David Eagleman, Brain, Drama, Running, 0 - David Eagleman Neuroscientist
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