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This is a spectacular presentation about the brain and how it controls our perceptions of everything from pain to color to sound. If Dr. Ramachandran should ever tire of his day job, the stand-up comedy world needs some new faces. VS Ramachandran on your mind | Video on TED.com
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The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane. -Nikola Tesla More Tesla quotes
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Oh sweet irony! Neuroscientist Jim Fallon talks about brain scans and genetic analysis that may uncover the rotten wiring in the nature (and nurture) of murderers. In a too-strange-for-fiction twist, he shares a fascinating family history that makes his work chillingly personal. Jim Fallon: Exploring the mind of a killer (via TED.com)
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