The First Thing We Learn From Studying

If Choices And Decisions Derive From Hidden Mental Processes, Then Free Choice Is Either An Illusion Or, At Minimum, More Tightly Constrained Than Previously Considered.

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.

People Wouldn't Even Go Into Science Unless There Was Something Much Bigger To Be Discovered, Something That Is Transcendent.

Death... The Moment, Sometime In The Future, When Your Name Is Spoken For The Last Time.

Even While It's True That We Are Tied To Our Molecules And Proteins And Neurons - As Strokes And Hormones And Drugs And Microorganisms Indisputably Tell Us - It Does Not Logically Follow That Humans Are Best Described Only As Pieces And Parts.