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“Behavior is ultimately the product of the brain, the most mysterious organ of them all.”

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Ian Tattersall is a renowned paleoanthropologist and curator of the American Museum of Natural History. Born on October 5, 1945, he is known for his significant contributions to the study of human origins and evolution. more

“In order to understand what is meant by the word 'brain' as it is used by neuroscientists, we must bear in mind the evidence that this organ contains in some recorded form the basis of one's whole conscious life. It contains the record of all our aims and ambitions and is essential for the experience of all pleasures and pains, all loves and hates.”

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Book:Philosophy and the brain

Source: Philosophy and the brain

“The principles now being discovered at work in the brain may provide, in the future, machines even more powerful than those we can at present foresee.”

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Author:John Zachary Young

“Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical labyrinth that senses the world outside and within, produces love and sorrow, keeps our hearts beating and lungs breathing, composes our thoughts, and constructs our consciousness.”

Source: Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World

“Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.”

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Author:William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

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