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

In my view, the argument from parsimony is really no argument at all - it typically functions only to shut down more interesting discussion. If history is any guide, it's never a good idea to assume that a scientific problem is cornered.

Visual cortex is fundamentally a machine whose job is to generate a model of the world.

Because vision appears so effortless, we are like fish challenged to understand water.

The drives you take for granted ("I'm a hetero/homosexual," "I'm attracted to children/adults," "I'm aggressive/not aggressive," and so on) depend on the intricate details of your neural machinery.

It turns out your conscious mind - the part you think of as you - is really the smallest part of what’s happening in your brain, and usually the last one in line to find out any information.

Odor carries a great deal of information, including information about a potential mate's age, sex, fertility, identity, emotions, and health.