Because Vision Appears So Effortless, We Are

A Typical Neuron Makes About Ten Thousand Connections To Neighboring Neurons. Given The Billions Of Neurons, This Means There Are As Many Connections In A Single Cubic Centimeter Of Brain Tissue As There Are Stars In The Milky Way Galaxy.

I Call Myself A Possibilian: I'm Open To...ideas That We Don't Have Any Way Of Testing Right Now.

Even While It's True That We Are Tied To Our Molecules And Proteins And Neurons - As Strokes And Hormones And Drugs And Microorganisms Indisputably Tell Us - It Does Not Logically Follow That Humans Are Best Described Only As Pieces And Parts.

Interestingly, Schizophrenics Can Tickle Themselves Because Of A Problem With Their Timing That Does Not Allow Their Motor Actions And Resulting Sensations To Be Correctly Sequenced.

Modern Neuroimaging Is Like Asking An Astronaut In The Space Shuttle To Look Out The Window And Judge How America Is Doing.