Asleep vision (dreaming) is perception that is not tied down to anything in the real world; waking perception is something like dreaming with a little more commitment to what's in front of you.
David EaglemanInstead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it.
David EaglemanHumans have discovered that they cannot stop Death, but at least they can spit in his drink.
David EaglemanNone of the individual metal hunks of an airplane have the property of ๏ฌight, but when they are attached together in the right way, the result takes to the air. A thin metal bar won't do you much good if you're trying to control a jaguar, but several of them in parallel have the property of containment. The concept of emergent properties means that something new can be introduced that is not inherent in any of the parts.
David Eagleman