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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

Topics: About Academic Am Day Fill Lab Lens Other Out Then Work Writing

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

~David Eagleman

Topics: Brains Colossal Find Happening Our Them Things Time

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Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia - hundreds of billions of them. Each one of these cells is as complicated as a city.

~David Eagleman

Topics: Billions Brain Built Cells City Complicated Each Each One Hundreds Neurons Them Your

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

~David Eagleman

Topics: Boring Infinite Number Science Things

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I know one lab that studies nicotine receptors and all the scientists are smokers, and another lab that studies impulse control and they're all overweight.

~David Eagleman

Topics: Another Control Impulse Know Lab Overweight Scientists Smokers Studies

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I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us.

~David Eagleman

Topics: Afterlife Against Backdrop Being Being Human Complexities Explore Great Human Joys Lens Matters Out Turns Understand Us Using Which

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

~David Eagleman

Topics: Dream Legal Legal System Next Over Reform System Years

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The same stimuli in the world can be inducing very different experiences internally and it's probably based on a single change in a gene. What I am doing is pulling the gene forward and imaging and doing behavioural tests to understand what that difference is and how reality can be constructed so differently.

~David Eagleman

Topics: Am Based Change Constructed Difference Different Differently Doing Experiences Forward Gene How Imaging Pulling Reality Same Single Stimuli Tests Understand Very World I Am

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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

Topics: Adult Adult Life Approach Around Essentially Life Most Mysteries Science Scientist Spent Successful Try Understand Vast

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There are always wonderful mysteries to confront.

~David Eagleman

Topics: Always Confront Mysteries Wonderful

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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