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" Language is handy, but we humans have social and emotional connections that transcend words and are communicated - and understood - without conscious thought. "

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" We routinely participate in elaborate nonverbal exchanges even when we are not consciously aware of doing so. "

" The attacks on global warming are no different than the attacks the cigarettes companies used to use to say that cigarettes don't cause cancer. "

" Evolution is among the most well-established theories in the scientific community. To doubt it sounds to biologists as absurd as denying relativity does to physicists. "

" We unwittingly judge products by their boxes, books by their covers, and even corporation's annual reports by their nice glossy finish. "

" Social rejection doesn't just cause emotional pain; it affects our physical being. "

" Touch seems to be such an important tool for enhancing social cooperation and affiliation that we have evolved a special physical route along which those subliminal feelings of social connection travel from skin to brain. "

" If memories were indeed like what a camera records, they could be forgotten, or they could fade so that they are no longer clear and vivid. But it would be difficult to explain how people could have memories that are both clear and vivid while also being wrong. Yet that happens, and it is not infrequent. "

" Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words. "

Leonard Mlodinow

Language

Words

" Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to another world. "

Leonard Mlodinow

Nonfiction

Fiction

" Our subliminal mental processes operate outside awareness because they arise in these portions of our mind that are inaccessible to our conscious self; their inaccessibility is due to the architecture of the brain rather than because they have been subject to Freudian motivational forces like repression. "

" Touch is our most highly developed sense when we are born, and it remains a fundamental mode of communication throughout a baby's first year and an important influence throughout a person's life. "

" I find that predicting the course of our lives is like predicting the weather. You might be able to predict your future in the short term, but the longer you look ahead, the less likely you are to be correct. "

" I believe there is true expertise in some endeavors, and not in others. There is obviously no such thing as expertise in predicting the results of coin tosses, but there is expertise in predicting the behavior of lasers. "

" By subliminal, I mean things that occur in our world that are below the threshold of consciousness but do have a psychological effect on us. "

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Consciousness

" On the unconscious level, touch seems to impart a subliminal sense of caring and connection. "

" When judging a product, we rarely have exhaustive scientific data to go by. As a result, if we are to form a complete picture, we must fill in the blanks, just as we must in our visual perception. "

" Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda. "

" Social connection is such a basic feature of human experience that when we are deprived of it, we suffer. "

" In physics, all can you do is predict the consequences of physical laws. "

" People intuitively realize that there is strength in numbers and take comfort in the company of others, especially in times of anxiety or need. "

" We should keep in mind that it is easy to concoct stories explaining the past or to become confident about dubious scenarios of the future. We should view both explanations and prophecies with skepticism. "

" A failure doesn't mean you are unworthy, nor does it preclude success on the next try. "

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Failure