The way to learn about the mind is to reverse-engineer it: to figure out what natural selection designed it to accomplish.

"To write about pain is to dissolve its power over memory."

转基因技术是未来农业发展的重要方向，我们要科学理性地看待它。

Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

我不在乎过去，我在乎未来。

The desire for recognition is the most fundamental human desire, and it is the source of both the greatest achievements and the greatest tragedies in human history.