We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran angelapebeast share on social
The brain abhors discrepancies. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran abhorbraindiscrepancy Change image and share on social
You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran artcalldistort Change image and share on social
The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran ceasecreativeminute Change image and share on social
People often ask how I got interested in the brain; my rhetorical answer is: 'How can anyone NOT be interested in it?' Everything you call 'human nature' and consciousness arises from it. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran answerarisebrain Change image and share on social
If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran factknowmortality Change image and share on social
The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran existfacthype Change image and share on social
If there is anything about your 'self' of which you can be sure, it is that it is anchored in your own body and yours alone. The person you experience as 'you' is here and now and nowhere else. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran anchorebodyexperience Change image and share on social
Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran abilityeffortlessgrant Change image and share on social
The boundary between neurology and psychiatry is becoming increasingly blurred, and it's only a matter of time before psychiatry becomes just another branch of neurology. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran blurboundarybranch Change image and share on social
