“Where do we end, and what is the self? You cut off your arm, you're still yourself. You cut off two of your arms, you're still yourself. You cut off your arms and your legs, you're still yourself, right? Also, the idea of the self seems to be embedded right around here, right around the eyes. Infants know to look at the eyes.” KnowsLooksStillsTwoIdeasEndsSelfSeemsEyeCuttingArmsLegsInfantEmbedded Author:Mike Cahill
“My two older brothers are both molecular biologists and neuroscientists, and I feel like representing them accurately is never done in movies, and I really wanted to at least capture the spirit of a Ph.D. student whose goal and aspiration is to increase the sum total of human knowledge. That is noble. That was really, really important, to capture the three-dimensionality of scientists. Scientists fall in love, scientists have the greatest sense of humor, scientists are passionate.” FeelsHumansTwoImportantDoneWantedSpiritFallThreeGoalStudentsBrotherScientistIncreaseFalling In LovePassionateNobleAspirationSense Of HumorCaptureRepresentingBiologistOlder BrotherHuman KnowledgeGoals And Aspirations Author:Mike Cahill