Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
far higher that there were no other duties,
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
brains are most flexible at the beginning, in a window of time known as the sensitive period.5 As this period passes, the neural geography becomes more difficult to change.
David Eagleman • Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
"Then you don't call a breed of women whose one concern is motherhood—womanly?"
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
Brain Rot
Cyrus Chen • 4 cards
"We'd better import some of these ladies and set 'em to parking the United States,"
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
But how could they be good AFs for their children if their minds could invent ideas like these?
Kazuo Ishiguro • Klara and the Sun: 'A masterpiece.' Sunday Times
"Sexless, epicene, undeveloped neuters!" he went on bitterly.
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
Our most surprising finding was a white spot in the left frontal lobe of the cortex, in a region called Broca’s area. In this case the change in color meant that there was a significant decrease in that part of the brain.