Thus, an inhibition center developed below what in humans is the temporal lobe, to turn off much of the functioning of the reptilian brain; and an ac… - Carl Sagan
" "Thus, an inhibition center developed below what in humans is the temporal lobe, to turn off much of the functioning of the reptilian brain; and an activation center evolved in the pons to turn on the R-complex, but harmlessly, during sleep.
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About Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (9 November 1934 – 20 December 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space, the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the hypothesis, accepted since, that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to, and calculated using, the greenhouse effect. He testified to the US Congress in 1985 that the greenhouse effect will change the earth's climate system.
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И накрая най-външната част, която живее в трудно примирие с по-примитивните участъци на мозъка отдолу, е мозъчната кора, развила се преди милиони години у нашите предци примати. Мозъчната кора, където материята се превръща в съзнание, е мястото, от което се отправяме на всичките си космически пътешествия. Тя съставя повече от две трети от мозъчната маса и е царството на интуицията и критичния анализ. Тук се появяват идеите и вдъхновението, тук четем и пишем, тук правим изчисления и композираме музика. Кората регулира нашия съзнателен живот. Именно тя отличава нашия вид и е седалище на човешката ни природа. Цивилизацията е продукт на мозъчната кора.
Science requires us to be freed of gross superstition and gross injustice both. Often, superstition and injustice are imposed by the same ecclesiastical and secular authorities, working hand in glove. It is no surprise that political revolutions, scepticism about religion, and the rise of science might go together.
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He sought a way to preserve the past. John Hershel was one of the founders of a new form of time travel.... a means to capture light and memories. He actually coined a word for it... photography. When you think about it, photography is a form of time travel. This man is staring at us from across the centuries, a ghost preserved by light.
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