The human brain is the most public organ on the face of the earth, ope…

Lewis Thomas
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The human brain is the most public organ on the face of the earth, open to everything, sending out messages to everything. To be sure, it is hidden away in bone and conducts internal affairs in secrecy, but virtually all the business is the direct result of thinking that has already occurred in other minds. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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We leave traces of ourselves wherever we go, on whatever we touch. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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