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Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla Inventor, Electrical Engineer

"Alpha waves in the human brain are between 6 and 8 hertz. The wave frequency of the human cavity resonates between 6 and 8 hertz. All biological systems operate in the same frequency range. The human brain's alpha waves function in this range and the electrical resonance of the earth is between 6 and 8 hertz. Thus, our entire biological system - the brain and the earth itself - work on the same frequencies. If we can control that resonate system electronically, we can directly control the entire mental system of humankind."

Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla Inventor, Electrical Engineer

"My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists."

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George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic
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"If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains."

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Nikola Tesla Inventor, Electrical Engineer
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"When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself."

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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
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"If you rely too much on the people in other countries and other companies, in a sense that's your brain and you are outsourcing your brain."

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Alan Turing Mathematician, Logician, Cryptanalyst
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"Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's? If this were then subjected to an appropriate course of education one would obtain the adult brain."

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Allyson Schwartz Politician
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"As many know, brain injury comes in many forms. The two most prevalent brain injuries - stroke and trauma - affect more than 2.2 million Americans, and these numbers are expected to grow."

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Ramakrishna Spiritual Leader
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"If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled."

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James Joyce Novelist, Poet
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"Her lips touched his brain as they touched his lips, as though they were a vehicle of some vague speech and between them he felt an unknown and timid preasure, darker than the swoon of sin, softer than sound or odor."

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Nikola Tesla Inventor, Electrical Engineer
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"But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other willful effort of the brain, is futile."

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