"The brain, Schopenhauer says, is the 'one great tool' that has enabled a creature endowed with neither sharp teeth nor claws to survive in a competitive environment. Moreover simplification of data, and indeed judicious falsification, are adaptive traits."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Julian Young

#Brain Quotes #Environment Quotes #Traits Quotes

“In this country tonight, PBS shows one of the most talked about tributes of the year.”
“Here's the dilemma, Itself the solution. I have always been at the same time woman enough to be moved to tears and man enough to drive my car in any direction.”
“I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.”
“Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight.”
“...you can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands...”
“I don't have to experience tragedy to understand it.”
“Watch the greater image materialize. You need that thing over there to tell you what to do about that thing over here.”
“I used to search and search for that actor or actress who's exactly what's in my head. But you have to realize you have to cast whoever's super talented and super funny, and then the character has to become at least partially theirs.”

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