Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of these frequencies that generates consciousness, just as tones from individual instruments produce the rich, complex, & seamless sounds of a symphony orchestra

Francis Crick's Popular Quotes

Almost all aspects of life are engineered at the molecular level, and without understanding molecules we can only have a very sketchy understanding o…

- Francis Crick

It is one of the more striking generalizations of biochemistry - which surprisingly is hardly ever mentioned in the biochemical textbooks - that the …

- Francis Crick

A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship.

- Francis Crick

Evolution is cleverer than you are.

- Francis Crick

Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved.

- Francis Crick

It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all arou…

- Francis Crick

You’re nothing but a pack of neurons.

- Francis Crick

Chance is the only source of true novelty.

- Francis Crick

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

- Francis Crick