In Our Current Understanding Of Science, We

As We Develop Better Technologies For Probing The Brain, We Detect More Problems.

One Of The Most Impressive Features Of Brains - And Especially Human Brains - Is The Flexibility To Learn Almost Any Kind Of Task That Comes Its Way.

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!

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.

Societies Would _not_ Be Better Off If Everyone Were Like Mr Spock, All Rationality And No Emotion. Instead, A Balance - A Teaming Up Of The Internal Rivals - Is Optimal For Brains. ... Some Balance Of The Emotional And Rational Systems Is Needed, And That Balance May Already Be Optimized By Natural Selection In Human Brains.