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“Every victory of man over man has in itself a taste of defeat.... There is no essential difference between the various human groups, creatures whose bones and brains and members are the same; and every damage we do there is a form of mutilation, as if the fingers of the left hand were to be cut off by the right.”

Ifs Men Humans Hands Form Winning Left Differences Brain Cutting Groups Victory Taste Creatures Members Essentials Fingers Defeat Various Bones Damage Left Hand Mutilation

Book:the zodiac arch

Source: the zodiac arch

“The sum of the crowd's IQ was far below that of its most modest single member. Mobs have passions, not brains.”

Passion Brain Members Crowds Modest

Book:The Fall of Hyperion

Source: The Fall of Hyperion

“The same regions of the brain light up when someone touches their smartphone as when they touch a family member or a pet.”

Light Brain Members Pet Regions Family Members Light Up Smartphones

Author:Matt Cohler

“The ability to double our biomass - not by waiting several million years and growing to be the size of an elephant - but waiting a few hundred thousand years for neurons to sprout into our brains - ones capable of having us create emotional relationships with other members of our species. We thereby double our biomass not by getting bigger, but by creating an ally.”

“I won't compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way.”

People Way Giving Ends Bigs Community Brain Technology Effects Communication Members Models Population Compare Organized Collectives Ants Exploding Communication Technology

Author:Lewis Thomas

“The brains of members of the Press departments of motion-picture studios resemble soup at a cheap restaurant. It is wiser not to stir them.”

Brain Members Presses Studios Restaurants Department Wiser Soup Motion Pictures

Book:A Wodehouse Bestiary

Source: A Wodehouse Bestiary

“Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every member of his church stands guard over his brain with a creed, like a club, in his hand. He knows that he is not expected to search after the truth, but that he is employed to defend the creed. Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Hands Church Justice Brain Members Majority Dare Clubs Expected Ministers Orthodox Creeds Employed Imprisonment Congregation Pulpit Culprit

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll