What A Life In Science Really Teaches

The Main Thing Known About Secrets Is That Keeping Them Is Unhealthy For The Brain.

In The Traditionally Taught View Of Perception, Data From The Sensorium Pours Into The Brain, Works Its Way Up The Sensory Hierarchy, And Makes Itself Seen, Heard, Smelled, Tasted, Felt - "perceived." But A Closer Examination Of The Data Suggests This Is Incorrect. The Brain Is Properly Thought Of As A Mostly Closed System That Runs On Its Own Internally Generated Activity.

Humans Have Discovered That They Cannot Stop Death, But At Least They Can Spit In His Drink.

Death... The Moment, Sometime In The Future, When Your Name Is Spoken For The Last Time.

Scientists Often Talk Of Parsimony (as In "the Simplest Explanation Is Probably Correct," Also Known As Occam's Razor), But We Should Not Get Seduced By The Apparent Elegance Of Argument From Parsimony; This Line Of Reasoning Has Failed In The Past At Least As Many Times As It Has Succeeded.