5/26/2023 0 Comments Incognito by david eagleman![]() He had already been working on it quite hard so that the apple falling from the tree and hitting him on the head was just the last touch to the ball to cross the line for the goal! ![]() It is just like the apple that fell down from the tree onto Newton’s head and he discovered gravity. He discusses that when an idea comes to your mind, your unreal circuitry has been working on it for hours, or days, or years, consolidating information and trying out new combinations. According to the author, this consciousness is carved by natural selection to solve problems our ancestors faced during our species’ evolutionary history or simply by practising something so hard that it becomes part of our lives such as a tennis player serving a ball or a driver driving a car. One of the provocative parts of the book is: even though we are in a consciousness state in most of our lives, we are not able to access this part of the brain. The author discusses how we run mostly on autopilot and how little we are conscious when we are living our normal lives. Incognito by David Eagleman was recommended by someone who I really value and I immediately ordered it through Amazon in September, but it only arrived in Singapore in early October. I do not know if it is a coincidence, but I have started reading quite a lot of neurology books recently. ![]()
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