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The brain by david eagleman book
The brain by david eagleman book




the brain by david eagleman book

The motor system simply figures out how to drive the available machinery.” Whether fingers, flappers, or fins whether two legs, four legs, or eight whether hands or talons or wings- the fundamental principles of brain operation don’t need to be redesigned each time.

the brain by david eagleman book

“Mother Nature has the freedom to experiment with outlandish plug-and-play motor devices.Like a tree that needs nutrient-rich soil to arborize, a brain requires the rich soil of social and sensory interaction.”ĭriving the available machinery & designing new devices/input channels: Without it, the brain becomes malformed and pathological. “Mother Nature’s strategy of unpacking a brain relies on proper world experience.

the brain by david eagleman book

“A trick that Mother Nature discovered: don’t entirely pre-script the brain instead, just set it up with the basic building blocks and get it into the world.”






The brain by david eagleman book