Brains are like representative democracies. They are built of multiple, overlapping experts who weigh in and compete over different choices.
David EaglemanOne of the most pervasive mistakes is to believe that our visual system gives a faithful representation of what is "out there" in the same way that a movie camera would.
David EaglemanThis is what consciousness does: it sets the goals, and the rest of the system learns how to meet them.
David EaglemanWe're trapped on this very thin slice of perception ... But even at that slice of reality that we call home, we're not seeing most of what's going on.
David EaglemanLove was not specified in the design of your brain; it is merely an endearing algorithm that freeloads on the leftover processing cycles.
David EaglemanWhen people fall in love, thereยดs period of up to three years during which the zeal and infatuation ride at a peak. The internal signals in the body and breain are literally a love drug. And then it beginds to decline. From this perspective, we are preprogramed to lose interest in a sexual partner after the time required to raise a child has passed - which is, on average, about 4 years.
David Eagleman