Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.”

“Ask, 'How are we different from the great apes?' We have culture, we have civilisation, and we have language to be celebrated as part of being human.”

“The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.”

“My views as an individual ought not to be confused with my views as a scientist - the minute you try to mingle God and science, you get into trouble. Metaphysics has its place, and science has its place; don't mix the two.”

“Lofty questions about the mind are fascinating to ask, philosophers have been asking them for three millennia both in India where I am from and here in the West - but it is only in the brain that we can eventually hope to find the answers.”