Author: David Eagleman

Quotes

What we find is that our brains have colossal things happening in them all the time.

What we find is that our brains have colossal things happening in them all the time.

- David Eagleman

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.

Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.

- David Eagleman

My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.

My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.

- David Eagleman

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.

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

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.

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

I think what a life in science really teaches you is the vastness of our ignorance.

I think what a life in science really teaches you is the vastness of our ignorance.

- David Eagleman

My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years.

My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years.

- David Eagleman

There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science.

There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science.

- David Eagleman

People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.

People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.

- David Eagleman

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