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is a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body. Arthur Schopenhauer

the brain is a muscle that can move the world. Stephen King

is a representation among others and thus cannot be a container for representations.

My eye, my brain, are images, parts of my body. How could my brain contain images since it is one image among others' Gilles Deleuze

The brain is like the hand. It grows with using

 operates not by logic but by pattern recognition. This process is not precise, as is logic and mathematics. Instead, it trades off specificity and precision, if necessary, to increase its range.

In Second Nature: Brain Science and Human Knowledge, Edelman theorizes that the human brain's astonishing interconnectivity produces consciousness and, because of the astronomical number of associations our brains are capable of making, pattern recognition is the basis not just for metaphorical thinking but for all thinking: Brains operate68 . . . not by logic but by pattern recognition. This process is not precise, as is logic and mathematics. Instead, it trades off specificity and precision, if necessary, to increase its range. It is likely, for example, that early human thought proceeded by metaphor, which, even with the late acquisition of precise means such as logic and mathematical thought, continues to be a major source of imagination and creativity in adult life.

is that which deals exclusively with special-case experiences.

Our brains deal exclusively with special-case experiences. (Buckminster Fuller)

is the highest bloom of the whole organic metamorphosis of the earth.

The human brain is the highest bloom of the whole organic metamorphosis of the earth. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.

The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe. Voltaire

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