The Human Brain: A Species at War with Itself
Adam’s fate was to outrun his own nature: to be dragged by his big brain, by his snowballing technology, into regions his body had never known. Like Eve, he was the victim of an overgrown head. Of course, our big brain is our nature, too. But in eating the forbidden fruit, though we failed to become gods, we ceased to be pure animals. At that … Continue reading The Human Brain: A Species at War with Itself
