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A review by dharaiter
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S. Ramachandran
5.0
It's very hard to express the experience I felt while reading this book, so I am going to sum this up in a few pointers and a quote. Two HUGE life lessons I am taking from this book-
1. Henceforth, I am never going to say, "Humans are just apes".
2. I am not going to believe that we are being self-important when we try to preserve ourselves and our species.
"It makes the mind reel. How can a three-pound mass of jelly that you can hold in your plan imagine angels, contemplate the meaning of infinity, and even questions its own place in the cosmos? Your brain can not only ponder the very stars that gave it birth but can also think about its own ability to think and wonder about its own ability to wonder."
1. Henceforth, I am never going to say, "Humans are just apes".
2. I am not going to believe that we are being self-important when we try to preserve ourselves and our species.
"It makes the mind reel. How can a three-pound mass of jelly that you can hold in your plan imagine angels, contemplate the meaning of infinity, and even questions its own place in the cosmos? Your brain can not only ponder the very stars that gave it birth but can also think about its own ability to think and wonder about its own ability to wonder."