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Do fidem me nullum librum vel instrumentum aliamve quam rem ad bibliothecam pertinentem…
“Our species is the greatest mass murderer in the planet’s history.”
A pound of brain tissue uses twenty times the amount of energy a pound of muscle does.
“The quintessential human trait: imagination, fiction, simulation. Powered by energy our brain could use.”
Christopher Columbus’s largest ship, the Santa María, was roughly fifty-eight feet long.
The human brain consumes twenty percent of the calories we ingest, but it accounts for only two percent of our weight. No species in the history of the planet has ever dedicated so much of the calories they consume to their brains.
In 1519, Hernán Cortés landed in Mexico with no more than 550 men. Within two years, he had defeated the Aztec empire, which had almost five million inhabitants.
“The Temple at Delphi,” Yuri said. “The words printed above the entrance: Know Thyself.
