#neuroscience #mind #philosophy #cosmos # Edited 2021-12-05 - 21:21 # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Ramachandran <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31555.Phantoms_in_the_Brain" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1409601908l/31555._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31555.Phantoms_in_the_Brain">Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17674.V_S_Ramachandran">V.S. Ramachandran</a><br/> My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4310347130">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /> Mind over matter.<br /><br />The soul is an illusion.<br /><br />The stacking evidence of the fine-tuned universe makes the simulation theory hard to ignore.<br /><br />The mind is hack-able.<br /><br />The mind is a computer.<br /><br />Human passion for stories such as God, Bitcoin, The State, are now explainable scientifically. The "stories module" in the brain.<br /><br />A great mix of brain + mind + philosophy <br/><br/> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/103091881-louis-beaumont">View all my reviews</a>