“It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic ...” — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Quote

“It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.”

“Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.”

“Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.”

“When brains get sufficiently big, presumably, as human brains have, consciousness seems to emerge.”

“Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.”

“I basically look at how exponential emerging technological changes runs counter-intuitive to the way our linear brains make projections about change, and so we don't realize how fast the future is coming.”