Every Atom In Your Body

There Are Three Deaths. The First Is When The Body Ceases To Function. The Second Is When The Body Is Consigned To The Grave. The Third Is That Moment, Sometime In The Future, When Your Name Is Spoken For The Last Time.

The Deep Secret Of The Brain Is That Not Only The Spinal Cord But The Entire Central Nervous System Works This Way: Internally Generated Activity Is Modulated By Sensory Input. In This View, The Difference Between Being Awake And Being Asleep Is Merely That The Data Coming In From The Eyes Anchors The Perception.

In Our Current Understanding Of Science, We Can't Find The Physical Gap In Which To Slip Free Will - The Uncaused Causer - Because There Seems To Be No Part Of The Machinery That Does Not Follow In A Causal Relationship From The Other Parts.

Brains Are Like Representative Democracies. They Are Built Of Multiple, Overlapping Experts Who Weigh In And Compete Over Different Choices.

One Of The Most Impressive Features Of Brains - And Especially Human Brains - Is The Flexibility To Learn Almost Any Kind Of Task That Comes Its Way.