The conscious mind is not at the center of the action in the brain; instead, it is far out on a distant edge, hearing but whispers of the activity.

Think about the brain as the densest concentration of youness. It's the peak of the mountain, but not the whole mountain.

As we develop better technologies for probing the brain, we detect more problems.

In the traditionally taught view of perception, data from the sensorium pours into the brain, works its way up the sensory hierarchy, and makes itself seen, heard, smelled, tasted, felt - "perceived." But a closer examination of the data suggests this is incorrect. The brain is properly thought of as a mostly closed system that runs on its own internally generated activity.

We are not at the center of ourselves, but instead - like the Earth in the Milky Way, and the Milky Way in the universe - far out on a distant edge, hearing little of what is transpiring.

Brains are like representative democracies. They are built of multiple, overlapping experts who weigh in and compete over different choices.

The main thing known about secrets is that keeping them is unhealthy for the brain.