So maybe I am on a bit of a brain science kick (and avoiding my reality that I should be working at work.)
“The major purpose of memory, is to predict the future.”
“If eating or having sex makes you happy, you’ll remember that and do it again.”
“In the aftermath of a traumatic event you tend to think more about it, and the more you think about it, the more likely you are to release further stress hormones, and the more likely they are to act to make the memory of that event even stronger.” (Answer: Stop thinking about it!)
“Using functional MRI, cognitive neuroscientists can almost read people’s thoughts from the blood flow in their brains. They can tell, for instance, whether a person is thinking about a face or a place or whether a picture the person is looking at is of a bottle or a shoe.”
(okay this is a little creepy)
“I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift” (am I making good use of my time…)
