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List of David Eagleman Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 131 inspiring quotes by David Eagleman.

About David Eagleman

  • Born: April 25, 1971
  • Occupation: Neuroscientist
    • Societies would _not_ be better off if everyone were like mr spock, all rationality and no emotion. instead, a balance - a teaming up of the internal rivals - is optimal for brains. ... some balance of the emotional and rational systems is needed, and that balance may already be optimized by natural selection in human brains.
    Emotional Brain Balance
    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.
    Writing Lenses Academic Work
    People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.
    People Bigger Transcendent
    All creation necessarily ends in this: creators, powerless, fleeing from the things they have wrought.
    Fleeing Creation Ends
    Everybody knows the power of deadlines - and we all hate them. but their effectiveness is undeniable.
    Hate Effectiveness Deadline
    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.
    Self Skulls Consistency
    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.
    Afterlife What Matters Joy
    Evolve solutions; when you find a good one, don't stop.
    Evolve Solutions
    As an undergraduate i majored in british and american literature at rice university.
    Literature British University
    When the brain activity is kindled in the right spot, people hear voices. if a physician prescribes an anti-epileptic medication, the seizures go away and the voices disappear. our reality depends on what our biology is up to.
    Reality Voice People
    If you ever feel lazy or dull, take heart: you're the busiest, brightest thing on the planet.
    Heart Lazy Dull
    Just like a good drama, the human brain runs on conflict.
    Running Drama Brain
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