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David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action as well as the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. His scientific research has been published in journals from Science to Nature, and his neuroscience books include Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (with Richard Cytowic) and t...

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David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action as well as the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. His scientific research has been published in journals from Science to Nature, and his neuroscience books include Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (with Richard Cytowic) and t...

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至少15%的女人具有一种基因突变，使得她们有额外的（第4种）色彩感受细胞，让她们能分辨对大多数人来说一样的色彩。在大多数人看来一样的两片色彩纹饰在她们看来截然不同。（目前还不清楚这种突变导致了多少夫妻吵架。）

——引自第37页

Fromanevolutionarypointofview,thepurposeofconsciousnessseemstobethis:ananimalcomposedofagiantcollectionofzombiesystemswouldbeenergyefficientbutcognitivelyinflexible.Itwouldhaveeconomicalprogramsfordoingparticular,simpletasks,buttwouldn'thaverapidwaysofswitchingbetweenprogramsorsettinggoalstobecomeexpertinnovelandunexpectedtasks.Intheanimalkingdom,mostanimalsdocertainthingsverywell,whileonlyafewspecieshavetheflexibilitytodynamicallydevelopnewsoftware.

——引自章节：commentonconciousness