A Quote by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

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

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

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Adage Brain Fact Fiction Seems Stranger Stranger Than Fiction Than True

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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Indian - Scientist
Born: 1951

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Ray McKinnon

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Carol Alt

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Life, my dear Watson, is infinitely stranger than fiction; stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We could not conceive the things that are merely commonplace to existence. If we could hover over this great city, remove the roofs, and peep in at the things going on, it would make all fiction, with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions flat, stale and unprofitable.

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Ramez Naam

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