The human brain is obviously very intelligent, but we still haven’t figured out its full potential. Is it possible that the brain stored full information about itself, including how it works, somewhere inside of it, and then forgot about it?
From William Shatner’s book excerpt about traveling to space In the film “Contact,” when Jodie Foster’s character goes to space and looks out into the heavens, she lets out an astonished whisper, “They should’ve sent a poet.” Wouldn’t that be something!
Once I had a weird dream. I was walking down the street (maybe an evening stroll) when I suddenly noticed something flickered in the sky. Then it grew bigger and bigger as I stood there watching it curiously. It became clear after a few seconds, a UFO. I was so excited and shouted, “Finally!”. It came hurtling towards me (to land), and I started running. I experienced this entire scene in my dream, like watching a high-definition 3D movie. ...
I started Pnotions, my weekly newsletter, a couple of months ago. I composed the letters for eight weeks, publishing them on Sunday morning. I started composing the ninth letter, as usual, that week but couldn’t get through with it. Somehow, it turned into this boring task that I had to do. It was safe composing and publishing them. It felt safe. But I want to do something that excites and scares me, like writing this. ...
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson