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My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years.
— David Eagleman
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David Eagleman
neuroscientist, psychologist, author, university teacher
1971
David Eagleman is an American neuroscientist, bestselling author, and science communicator. He teaches neuroscience at Stanford University and has founded several neurotech startups. He directs the non-profit Center for Science and Law, which seeks to align the legal system with modern neuroscience. He is known for his work on brain plasticity, time perception, synesthesia, and neurolaw.
All Quotes by David Eagleman
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It turns out your conscious mind — the part you think of as you — is really the smallest part of what’s happening in your brain, and usually the last one in line to find out any information.
— David Eagleman
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The brain is a complex system, but that doesn’t mean it’s incomprehensible. Our neural circuits were carved by natural selection to solve problems that our ancestors faced during our species’ evolutionary history. Your brain has been molded by evolutionary pressures just as your spleen and eyes have been. And so has your consciousness. Consciousness developed because it was advantageous, but advantageous only in limited amounts.
— David Eagleman
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Instead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it.
— David Eagleman
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My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years.
— David Eagleman