Burnett — The Idiot Brain
Book page: burnett-idiot-brain
From: Quotes batch 1
Edition: W. W. Norton & Company (2016)
On Cognition & Ego
“The brain is the only thing in existence that has ever named itself. It also spends a lot of its time telling itself how great it is.” (p. 18)
On Consciousness & Fear
“The brain doesn’t like uncertainty; it prefers a scary explanation to no explanation at all.” (p. 142)