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Who We Can Be Begins With Our Molecular Blueprints - A Series Of Alien Codes Penned In Invisibly Small Strings Of Acids - Well Before We Have Anything To Do With It. We Are A Product Of Our Inaccessible, Microscopic History.

When We're In A Human Body, We Don't Care About Universal Collapse - Instead, We Care Only About A Meeting Of The Eyes, A Glimpse Of Bare Flesh, The Caressing Tones Of A Loved Voice, Joy, Love, Light, The Orientation Of A House Plant, The Shade Of A Paint Stroke, The Arrangement Of Hair.

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.

What Has Always Surprised Me When I Walk Into A Bookstore Is The Number Of Books That You Can Find That Are Written With Certainty. The Authors Tell Some Story As Though It's True, But They Don't Have Any Evidence That It Is True!

The Deep Secret Of The Brain Is That Not Only The Spinal Cord But The Entire Central Nervous System Works This Way: Internally Generated Activity Is Modulated By Sensory Input. In This View, The Difference Between Being Awake And Being Asleep Is Merely That The Data Coming In From The Eyes Anchors The Perception.