Paroles

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Digamos que hoy me levanté otoñal,

pero hablé un rato contigo

y ya tengo los bolsillos llenos de veranos.

Cuando quieras/puedas

ven a buscarlos.

—Fragmento del poema Qué diría González, Carlos Salem.

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Todo se comunica y transfigura,

arco de sangre, puente de latidos,

llévame al otro lado de esta noche,

adonde yo soy tú somos nosotros,

al reino de pronombres enlazados.

Fragmento del poema Piedra de Sol, Octavio Paz (Poeta mexicano).

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—Fragmento de Baila, baila, baila de Haruki Murakami.

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The observation that people are made of conflicting short- and long-term desires is not a new one. Ancient Jewish writings proposed that the body is composed of two interacting parts: a body (guf), which always wants things now, and a soul (nefesh), which maintains a longer-term view. Similarly, Germans use a fanciful expression for a person trying to delay gratification: he must overcome his innerer schweinehund—which translates, sometimes to the puzzlement of English speakers, as “inner pigdog.”

—Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, by David Eagleman.

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

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"Un libro es una cosa entre las cosas, un volumen perdido entre los volúmenes que pueblan el indiferente universo, hasta que da con su lector, con el hombre destinado a sus símbolos."

—Jorge Luis Borges.

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He pensado que quizá te guste esta cita de "Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (English Edition)", de David Eagleman .

"In the near future, young women who stay current with the scientific literature may demand genetic tests of their boyfriends to assess how likely they are to make faithful husbands.

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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

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"Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many connections in a single cubic centimeter of brain tissue as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy."

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, by David Eagleman.

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"Your brain is encased in absolute blackness in the vault of your skull. It doesn’t see anything. All it knows are these little signals, and nothing else. And yet you perceive the world in all shades of brightness and colors. Your brain is in the dark but your mind constructs light."

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman)

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"We’re at an unprecedented moment in history, one in which brain science and technology are co-evolving. What happens at this intersection is poised to change who we are. For thousands of generations, humans have lived the same sort of life cycle over and over: we’re born, we control a fragile body, we enjoy a small strip of sensory reality, and then we die. Science may give us the tools to transcend that evolutionary story. We can now hack our own hardware, and as a result our brains don’t need to remain as we’ve inherited them. We’re capable of inhabiting new kinds of sensory realities and new kinds of bodies. Eventually we may even be able to shed our physical forms altogether. Our species is just now discovering the tools to shape our own destiny. Who we become is up to us."

—Excerpt of The Brain: The Story of You. David Eagleman.

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"Consider the choice of monogamy – bonding and staying with a single partner. This would seem like a decision that involves your culture, values, and morals. All that is true, but there’s a deeper force acting on your decision making as well: your hormones. One in particular, called oxytocin, is a key ingredient in the magic of bonding. In one recent study, men who were in love with their female partners were given a small dose of extra oxytocin. They were then asked to rate the attractiveness of different women. With the extra oxytocin, the men found their partners more attractive – but not other women."

—Excerpt of The Brain: The Story of You. David Eagleman.

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German physiologist and psychiatrist Hans Berger recorded the first human EEG in 1924, and researchers in the 1930s and 1940s identified several different types of brain waves: Delta waves (below 4 Hz) occur during sleep; Theta waves (4–7 Hz) are associated with sleep, deep relaxation, and visualization; Alpha waves (8–13 Hz) occur when we are relaxed and calm; Beta waves (13–38 Hz) are seen when we are actively thinking and problem solving.

—Excerpt of The Brain: The Story Of You. David Eagleman.

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"Perhaps memory can serve as the thread that makes you who you are. It sits at the core of your identity, providing a single, continuous sense of self.

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The Brain: The Story of You

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"La biblioteca de París", de Janet Skeslien Charles.

"Los libros son el aire fresco que necesitamos para que nuestro corazón siga latiendo, para que nuestro cerebro siga imaginando, para mantener viva nuestra esperanza.

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"La biblioteca de París", de Janet Skeslien Charles.

"«A algunas mujeres les gustan las joyas; tú, en cambio, necesitas papel —decía—. Yo ya lo sabía cuando me casé contigo.»

La biblioteca de París (Spanish Edition)

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