Behavior Is The Outcome Of The Battle

We Are Nothing But The Product Of Billions Of Years Of Molecules Coming Together And Ratcheting Up Through Natural Selection, We Are Composed Only Of Highways Of Fluids And Chemicals Sliding Along Roadways Within Billions Of Dancing Cells, Trillions Of Synaptic Conversations Hum In Parallel, This Vast Egglike Fabric Of Micron-thin Circuitry Runs Algorithms Undreamt Of In Modern Science, And These Neural Programs Give Rise To Our Decision Making, Loves, Desires, Fears, And Aspirations. That Understanding Would Be A Numinous Experience, Better Than Anything Ever Proposed In Anyone's Holy Text.

If You Ever Feel Lazy Or Dull, Take Heart: You're The Busiest, Brightest Thing On The Planet.

Consciousness Is The Smallest Player In The Operations Of The Brain.

What A Life In Science Really Teaches You Is The Vastness Of Our Ignorance.

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