Neurobiology Quotes

“Reality is one big hypothesis hallucinated by your brain.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Every part of the brain plays a crucial role in the construction of something magnificent which we call ”mind”. But if we observe closely, the mind doesn’t exactly exist as one distinct process or entity or system. It’s rather an illusion. We can understand this better if we see the mind as a nation. Think of the nation you live in. Is there really any such thing as a ”nation”! A nation is simply the collection of activities of a group of people inside an imaginary border. Likewise, mind is the collection of activities of a group of neurons inside the skull. And just like in a nation, when a few neurons malfunction, others can slowly learn to take their place. But when an entire group of neurons in a specific brain region malfunctions, it can impede in the proper functioning of the mind, just like when a huge number of people in an entire state or district stop working, it can affect the functioning of the entire nation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mission Reality

“Neurobiology research has taught helping professionals that we need to "come to our senses" in developing effective components for trauma intervention.”
― Cathy A. Malchiodi, Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process

“Sonnet of Chemical Reality

The universe is our reflection,
We are the reflection of the universe.
What is inside is also outside,
What is outside is also inside of us.
No reality exists without human control,
Reality outside our control is imagination.
Mental chemicals produce all reality,
All can be altered with mindful action.
Mind is mightier than muscle,
Kindness is braver than cruelty.
All reform is born of mental chemicals,
Reform yourself and there'll be universality.
Truth beyond perception is futile speculation.
Let's focus on life and improve human condition.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism

“We are the brain.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Honeybees possess amazing numerical skills that rival those of many vertebrates. Honeybees have a reputation of being insect geniuses: not only can they enumerate and order numbers, but they also possess elaborate working memory to ponder about upcoming decisions, understand abstract concepts such as 'sameness' and 'difference', and learn intricate skills from other bees. And they achieve all of this with fewer than one million neurons.”
― Andreas Nieder, A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct

“Brain health is not to be hailed as a habit of the rich and famous, rather it must be made a worldwide trait of human existence.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

“The very notions of beauty and attractiveness are deeply hardwired within our neural circuits and they are meant to steer us in the right direction of survival. So most of our decisions are driven by subconscious programs carved by millions of years of natural selection.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mission Reality

“The capacities that we are born with are Nature's gift to us and how we use them is our gift to Nature.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Revolution Indomable

“From the wheel to the steel - from papyrus to kindle - from churchbell to doorbell - from holy books to comic books - from monotheism to secularism - from fundamentalism to humanism - from steam engine to jet engine - from cave painting to apple pencil - from antibiotics to antipsychotics - from embroidery to surgery - from moving pics to netflix - every single feat that we can think of, good or bad, is born of the neurons. In short, neurons can make the world or break the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Revolution Indomable

“Neurons can make the world or break the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Revolution Indomable

“Human brain is the supreme creator of all fortune. It is the biggest miracle of nature which makes all other miracles possible.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ain't Enough to Look Human

“Human brain is the supreme creator of all fortune.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ain't Enough to Look Human

“Our capacities of humanity may not be as powerful as our innate primitiveness, but with each act of that humanity in our daily walks of life we make those capacities stronger, thus heading towards a future where those capacities of humanity will indeed be more powerful than our primitiveness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Veins Ignite: Either Integration or Degradation

“You can code tasks, not consciousness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Reformist or Terrorist: If You Are Terror I Am Your Grandfather

“Fear is an archetypical instinct of survival.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“Half knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance. Take the notion that jellyfish don't have a brain, for example. When we talk about the brain, we're actually referring to the central nervous system. In case of the jellyfish, the nervous system is not centralized, instead it's spread across the anatomy. So the actual fact is, jellyfish do have a brain, it just doesn't look like one. Even trees have a brain, a nervous system that is. To put it simply, consciousness is the supreme fundamental of life, and it is impossible to have consciousness without having some sort of nervous system, for consciousness is the creation of the nervous system.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“Brain makes the mind, mind makes the person.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“Neurons are the building blocks of mind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sin Dios Sí Hay Divinidad: The Pastor Who Never Was

“There is nothing free about your will, all of it is conditioned to the hilt.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Neurons can make or break the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Revolution Indomable

“Life without numbers is inconceivable for us. How else would we count objects, tell time, calculate prices, and so on? Our scientifically and technically advanced culture simply would not exist without numbers.”
― Andreas Nieder, A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct

“One of the key findings over the past decades is that our number faculty is deeply rooted in our biological ancestry, and not based on our ability to use language.”
― Andreas Nieder, A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct

“All the world's an asylum,
All the people are lunatics.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“This is the essence of mindsight: We must look inward to know our own internal world before we can map clearly the internal state, the mind, of the other. As we grow in our ability to know ourselves we become receptive to knowing each other. And as a "we" is woven into the neurons of our mirroring brains, even our sense of self is illuminated by the light or our connection. With internal awareness and empathy, self-empowerment and joining, differentiation and linkage, we create harmony within the resonating circuits of our social brains.”
― Daniel J. Siegel, Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation

“Prior learning sends related information down from the top layers of our six-neuron-deep column to shape our perception of what we are seeing or hearing or touching or smelling or tasting. There is no "immaculate perception"; perception is virtually always a blend of what we are sensing now and what we've learned previously.”
― Daniel J. Siegel, Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation

“Artificial Intelligence is there to act as a supplement to human life - to extend our capacities, not substitute life.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“It is only water as long as its internal realm of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, remains intact. If you break that structure which we call H20, it ceases to be water. Likewise, a soul remains a soul, as long as its neural structures remain intact. If you mess with those structures, then the entire personality of the soul may get radically altered. So, to think even further, if those neural structures inside your head stop working, then the soul ceases to exist forever.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

“Neurosonnet 2001

Neurons giveth,
neurons taketh away.
By neurons we forge self,
with neurons we fade away.

Within neurons cosmos comes to life,
within neurons worlds come to end.
Neurons are building blocks of walls,
as well as the instrument of bridges.

There is not one but two cosmos,
one made by nature, another by neurons.
We are the makers of observable reality,
shaped by hopes and biases of our own.

Neurons are the birthplace of God,
Neurons produce all ghosts and goblins.
Life is a concoction of neurochemistry,
Boon and bane are both our own making.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Pocket Book of Consciousness

“Neurons giveth,
neurons taketh away.
By neurons we forge self,
with neurons we fade away.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Pocket Book of Consciousness