The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.
People often ask how I got interested in the brain; my rhetorical answer is: 'How can anyone NOT be interested in it?' Everything you call 'human nature' and consciousness arises from it.
The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.
The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
