My Friends Tell Me That

Perceptions Are Portraits, Not Photographs, And Their Form Reveals The Artist’s Hand Every Bit As Much As It Reflects The Things Portrayed

Daniel Levitin Has More Insights Per Page Than Any Other Neuroscientist I Know. The Organized Mind Is Smart, Important, And, As Always, Exquisitely Written.

Hateful, Blasphemous, Prejudiced, Vulgar, Rude, Or Ignorant Remarks Are The Music Of A Free Society, And The Relentless Patter Of Idiots Is How We Know We're In One. When All The Words In Our Public Conversation Are Fair, Good, And True, It's Time To Make A Run For The Fence.

The Human Brain Is The Only Object In The Known Universe That Can Predict Its Own Future And Tell Its On Fortune. The Fact That We Can Make Disastrous Decisions Even As We Foresee Their Consequences Is The Great, Unsolved Mystery Of Human Behavior. When You Hold Your Fate In Your Hands, Why Would You Ever Make A Fist?

The Eye And Brain Are Conspirators, And, Like Most Conspiracies, Theirs Is Negotiated Behind Closed Doors, In The Back Room, Outside Of Our Awareness.