#rain

I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#cease #computer #computer program #consciousness #could

Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#dimensions #directly #easy #ensured #equipped

I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains. ↗

— Jeff Hawkins

#brains #design #i #i do #mobile

Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#alter #balance #brain #cause #chemical

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.” – Associated Press interview, 12-7-11 ↗

— Walter Mosley

#science-fiction #smarts #writing #love

And right now I may just be living inside the heart of the body, and I one day hope to move to the brain. ↗

— Terrence Howard

#brain #day #heart #hope #i

They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other. ↗

— Joseph Howe

#after #dared #every #far #i

Who knows what technology will emerge in the next five years, let alone 20. Yet the education we provide our children now is supposed to last for decades. We cannot train them for jobs that do not even exist yet, but we can provide them with the minds and tools they'll need to adapt to our ever-changing set of circumstances. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#alone #cannot #children #circumstances #decades

Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have. ↗

— Janis Ian

#any #artists #be humble #especially #even

I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights. ↗

— Bob Iger

#bike #equipment #i #lifting #out