A Culture Without Mythology Is Not Really

The Adage That Fact Is Stranger Than Fiction Seems To Be Especially True For The Workings Of The Brain.

One Of The First Things We Teach Medical Students Is To Listen To The Patient By Taking A Careful Medical History. Ninety Percent Of The Time, You Can Arrive At An Uncannily Accurate Diagnosis By Paying Close Attention, Using Physical Examination And Sophisticated Lab Test To Confirm Your Hunch (and To Increase The Bill To The Insurance Company).

Even Today No Computer Can Understand Language As Well As A Three-year-old Or See As Well As A Mouse.

Remember That Politics, Colonialism, Imperialism And War Also Originate In The Human Brain.

In The Fetus, Or A Really Young Child, All The Different Brain Areas Are Connected To Each Other, Diffusely. And As The Brain Develops, The Excess Connections Are Turned Off, So You Get Very Specialized Areas. So Most People Have Really Specialized Talents. What Happens In Creative People Is This Pooling Doesn't Take Place.