Book detail: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.
This book delves into the complex workings of the brain, particularly the subconscious aspects, and how they shape our actions and perceptions.
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“Vision is more than looking.”
“If you ever feel lazy or dull, take heart: you're the busiest, brightest thing on the planet.”
“We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them.”
“If our brains were simple enough to be understood, we wouldn't be smart enough to understand them.”
“Consciousness is the smallest player in the operations of the brain.”
“Just like a good drama, the human brain runs on conflict.”
“Because vision appears so effortless, we are like fish challenged to understand water.”
“The brain runs its show incognito.”
“As we develop better technologies for probing the brain, we detect more problems.”
“All life is no more than a match struck in the dark and blown out again.”
“We are not the ones driving the boat of our behavior, at least not nearly as much as we believe.”
“Just give the brain the information and it will figure it out.”