I do not mean, of course, that we can always accurately express our conscious thoughts with Proustian accuracy. Consciou — Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
I do not mean, of course, that we can always accurately express our conscious thoughts with Proustian accuracy. Consciou — Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
I do not mean, of course, that we can always accurately express our conscious thoughts with Proustian accuracy. Consciou — Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
I do not mean, of course, that we can always accurately express our conscious thoughts with Proustian accuracy. Consciou — Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
I do not mean, of course, that we can always accurately express our conscious thoughts with Proustian accuracy. Consciou — Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
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I do not mean, of course, that we can always accurately express our conscious thoughts with Proustian accuracy. Consciousness overflows language: we perceive vastly more than we can describe.

— Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
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