David Eagleman Quotes

David Eagleman
David Eagleman
American Scientist
Born: Apr 25, 1971
Always Any Mysteries Science Think Time
Related authors: Ben Carson Carl Sagan E. O. Wilson George Washington Carver Isaac Asimov Margaret Mead Neil deGrasse Tyson W. Edwards Deming
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. David Eagleman
Single Stars Typical Way Neighboring Thousand About Ten Given Neurons Makes Brain Tissue Galaxy Means Billions Many Connections Milky Way
The three-pound organ in your skull - with its pink consistency of Jell-o - is an alien kind of computational material. It is composed of miniaturized, self-configuring parts, and it vastly outstrips anything we've dreamt of building. David Eagleman
Alien Consistency Building Organ Kind Composed Dreamt Computational Vastly Parts Material Pink Anything Your Skull
I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around. David Eagleman
Life Science Try Mysteries Approach Spent Vast Adult Adult Life Most Around Understand Scientist Essentially Successful
We don't really understand most of what's happening in the cosmos. Is there any afterlife? Who knows. David Eagleman
Cosmos Most Knows Understand Any Happening Afterlife Really Who
As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University. David Eagleman
Undergraduate American Literature American Literature Rice British University
Every week I get letters from people worldwide who feel that the possibilian point of view represents their understanding better than either religion or neo-atheism. David Eagleman
Religion People Better Understanding Every Worldwide Point Week Point Of View Feel Than Get Represents Either View Who Letters
My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing. David Eagleman
Work Day Writing Other Out About Academic Am Lab Lens Then Fill
I know one lab that studies nicotine receptors and all the scientists are smokers, and another lab that studies impulse control and they're all overweight. David Eagleman
Control Studies Know Another Smokers Scientists Lab Overweight Impulse
Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time. David Eagleman
Time Mind Holding Tolerance Temperament Hypotheses Part Scientific Same Same Time Multiple
The same stimuli in the world can be inducing very different experiences internally and it's probably based on a single change in a gene. What I am doing is pulling the gene forward and imaging and doing behavioural tests to understand what that difference is and how reality can be constructed so differently. David Eagleman
Change Reality World Single Gene Constructed Understand How Am Doing Stimuli Tests Very Same Behavioural Difference Different Experiences Forward Based Differently Imaging Pulling
There are always wonderful mysteries to confront. David Eagleman
Wonderful Mysteries Always Confront
People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent. David Eagleman
Science People Unless Something Go Discovered Transcendent Bigger Much Even

No more David Eagleman quotes

Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to David Eagleman.

About
Site pages
Top Quotes
Authors
Today's birthdays
Copyright © Quotesia 2025