Here is this mass of jelly - three pound mass of jelly - th… - Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

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Here is this mass of jelly - three pound mass of jelly - that you can hold in the palm of your hand, and it can contemplate the vastness of interstellar space, it can contemplate the meaning of infinity, and it can contemplate itself contemplating the meaning of infinity.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

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About Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Vilayanur Subramanian "Rama" Ramachandran (born 10 August 1951) is a neurologist and neuroscientist, best known for his work in the fields of behavioral neurology and psychophysics.

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Alternative Names: V. S. Ramachandran • V S Ramachandran • Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran

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