I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around. David Eagleman adultapproachessentially Change image and share on social
The three-pound organ in your skull - with its pink consistency of Jell-o - is an alien kind of computational material. It is composed of miniaturized, self-configuring parts, and it vastly outstrips anything we've dreamt of building. David Eagleman alienbuildcompose share on social
Every week I get letters from people worldwide who feel that the possibilian point of view represents their understanding better than either religion or neo-atheism. David Eagleman atheismfeelletter Change image and share on social
I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us. David Eagleman afterlifebackdropcomplexity Change image and share on social
What we find is that our brains have colossal things happening in them all the time. David Eagleman braincolossalfind Change image and share on social
The same stimuli in the world can be inducing very different experiences internally and it's probably based on a single change in a gene. What I am doing is pulling the gene forward and imaging and doing behavioural tests to understand what that difference is and how reality can be constructed so differently. David Eagleman basebehaviouralchange share on social
What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty. The authors tell some story as though it's true, but they don't have any evidence that it is true! David Eagleman authorbookbookstore share on social
My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years. David Eagleman dreamlegalreform Change image and share on social
I always bounce my legs when I'm sitting. David Eagleman bouncelegsit Change image and share on social
Neuroscience over the next 50 years is going to introduce things that are mind-blowing. David Eagleman blowintroducemind Change image and share on social