A review by aantakiraisa27
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S. Ramachandran

5.0

Whoa! What a mind blowing book! LOVED it! I always used to have debates with my friends who are not so much of science lovers that science can and will explain EVERYTHING! It just needs time. And this book seems like a tell-tale proof of my hypothesis. Astral projection? EXPLAINED! Why and how some of us "feel" the pain of other people? EXPLAINED! I remember once a guy I dated questioned my devotion to science and asked me to explain him why we find flowers beautiful if God didn't make us to find them beautiful. I couldn't answer him then. But if we were in touch now, I would have asked him to read this book. It has a whole chapter neurologically explaining why we find something beautiful.
A lot of the explanations in this book still needs scientific experimentation to turn them into facts from theories. But I haven't ever found any better explanation for so many things I have wondered about.
But the most tantalizing thing I discovered from this book is that how truly amazing human brain is! And all the myriads of permutations and combinations between the synapses, and the brain regions can scientifically, physiologically produce "miracles" "magic" "supernatural and what not!
A must read for all the curious minds out there!

WARNING: it's a tough read. I am planning to read it again for a deeper understanding.