Ode to the Brain-melodysheep

[00:00.50]It's amazing to consider that I'm holding in my hands
【Robert Winston 英国生物学家】我手上捧着的东西妙不可言 [00:05.00]The place where someone once felt, thought, and loved
因为它，我们才有感觉，思想和爱 [00:10.00]For centuries, scientists have been battling to understand
千百年来，科学家一直在试图破解 [00:13.00]What this unappealing object is all about
大脑中隐藏的秘密 [00:20.00]Here is this mass of jelly
【Vilayanur Ramachandran 加州大学神经科学家】看看这一团果冻状物体 [00:23.00]You can hold in the palm of your hands
你用双手就可以托住它 [00:26.00]And it can contemplate the vastness of interstellar space
而它却能思考宇宙万物的秘密 [00:31.00]The brain has evolved from the inside out
【Carl Sagan 著名天文学家，科普作家】大脑的进化由内至外 [00:37.00]It's structure reflects all the stages through which it has passed
它的结构反映了进化的各个层面 [00:40.50]Information in the form of energy Streams in simultaneously
【Jill Bolte Taylor 美国神经科学家】信息以能量的形式奔流不息 [00:46.00]Through all of our sensory systems
沿着我们的感官系统流淌 [00:52.00]And then it explodes into this enormous collage
在脑中爆发，形成这一巨大的拼图 [00:57.00]Of what this present moment looks like
描绘此时此刻事物的外观 [01:00.50]What it feels like And what it sounds like
它感觉起来如何，听起来怎样 [01:03.50]it explodes into this enormous collage
大脑中爆发的信息构成巨大拼图 [01:07.50]And in this moment we are perfect
此时此刻，我们是完美的 [01:11.00]We are whole and we are beautiful
我们浑然天成，美丽无比 [01:14.50]【Robert Winston】It appears rather gruesome
它长得有点恶心 [01:17.00]Wrinkled like a walnut, and with the consistency of mushroom
邹巴巴的像核桃，软黏黏的像蘑菇 [01:23.50]【Carl Sagan】What we know is encoded in cells called neurons
我们的知识凝聚在神经细胞里 [01:29.50]And there are something like a hundred trillion neural connections
神经连接数以百万亿记 [01:33.50]This intricate and marvelous network of neurons has been called
构成复杂而又神奇的神经网络 [01:39.00]An enchanted loom
一台施了魔法的织布机 [01:45.50]The neurons store sounds too, and snatches of music
神经细胞记录声音和音乐的片段 [01:50.50]Whole orchestras play inside our heads
整个乐队在大脑中齐鸣 [01:56.00]20 million volumes worth of information
超过2000万卷图书的信息量 [01:59.00]Is inside the heads of every one of us
储存在每个人的大脑中 [02:02.00]The brain is a very big place In a very small space
大脑的容量如此之大，体积如此之小 [02:05.50]【Jill Bolte Taylor】Information in the form of energy Streams in simultaneously
信息以能量的形式奔流不息 [02:12.00]Through all of our sensory systems
沿着我们的感官系统流淌 [02:16.00]And then it explodes into this enormous collage
大脑中爆发的信息构成巨大拼图 [02:22.00]Of what this present moment looks like
描绘此时此刻事物的外观 [02:24.50]What it feels like And what it sounds like
它感觉起来如何，听起来怎样 [02:29.00]【Carl Sagan】No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain
我们不屈服于大脑的限制 [02:33.00]We can change ourselves
我们可以改造自己 [02:36.00]Think of the possibilities
思考无数的可能性 [02:38.00]Think of your brain as a newspaper
【Bill Nye 著名科普节目主持人】大脑就像一张报纸 [02:42.00]Think of all the information it can store
它可以储存很多信息 [02:44.00]But it doesn't take up too much room Because it's folded
它占的空间不大，就像报纸一样叠在一起 [02:49.50]We see with the eyes
【Oliver sacks 英国神经学家】我们用眼睛看世界 [02:53.00]But we see with the brain as well
也用大脑看世界 [02:56.00]And seeing with the brain
用大脑看世界 [02:59.00]Is often called imagination
我们称之为想象力 [03:02.50]
【混音合唱】 [03:10.50]【Jill Bolte Taylor】And then it explodes into this enormous collage
在脑中爆发，形成这一巨大的拼图 [03:16.00]And in this moment we are perfect
此时此刻我们完美无瑕 [03:20.00]We are whole and we are beautiful
我们浑然天成，美丽无比 [03:26.50]【Robert Winston】It is the most mysterious part of the human body
它是人体最神秘的部分 [03:29.00]And yet it dominates the way we live our adult lives
它支配我们的一生 [03:33.00]It is the brain
它就是大脑