Dr. Ben Carson

It's the reason that I want to go into psychiatry and neurosurgery because the brain is one of the last frontiers. I had initially, I had toyed a little bit with the idea of becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon. I said, we know almost everything there is to know already about the heart. in the lungs. We know nothing about the brain.

It's the reason that I want to go into psychiatry and neurosurgery because the brain is one of the last frontiers. I had initially, I had toyed a little bit with the idea of becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon. I said, we know almost everything there is to know already about the heart. in the lungs. We know nothing about the brain.

It's the reason that I want to go into psychiatry and neurosurgery because the brain is one of the last frontiers. I had initially, I had toyed a little bit with the idea of becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon. I said, we know almost everything there is to know already about the heart. in the lungs. We know nothing about the brain.

And as a medical student, I said, you could probably make significant contributions in neuro. It'd be hard to do that in cardiac.

And as a medical student, I said, you could probably make significant contributions in neuro. It'd be hard to do that in cardiac.

And as a medical student, I said, you could probably make significant contributions in neuro. It'd be hard to do that in cardiac.

Well, it's in the brain. It's in the human brain. It is not something that obviously we've been able to quantitate or understand completely. But it is clearly there. It's at a different level, I think, in human beings than it is in animals. And I think it's one of the mechanisms that allows us to communicate with God. Animals, I don't think, necessarily have the ability to do that.

Well, it's in the brain. It's in the human brain. It is not something that obviously we've been able to quantitate or understand completely. But it is clearly there. It's at a different level, I think, in human beings than it is in animals. And I think it's one of the mechanisms that allows us to communicate with God. Animals, I don't think, necessarily have the ability to do that.

Well, it's in the brain. It's in the human brain. It is not something that obviously we've been able to quantitate or understand completely. But it is clearly there. It's at a different level, I think, in human beings than it is in animals. And I think it's one of the mechanisms that allows us to communicate with God. Animals, I don't think, necessarily have the ability to do that.

And I don't think that we utilize our consciousness anywhere close to its capacity. I think a human brain that was functioning at capacity would be capable of things that are unimaginable to us. Do you think all consciousness is located inside the brain or do you think it... Yeah, I mean, I don't know how it emanates from the brain and how far it goes. But, you know, you've seen it.

And I don't think that we utilize our consciousness anywhere close to its capacity. I think a human brain that was functioning at capacity would be capable of things that are unimaginable to us. Do you think all consciousness is located inside the brain or do you think it... Yeah, I mean, I don't know how it emanates from the brain and how far it goes. But, you know, you've seen it.

And I don't think that we utilize our consciousness anywhere close to its capacity. I think a human brain that was functioning at capacity would be capable of things that are unimaginable to us. Do you think all consciousness is located inside the brain or do you think it... Yeah, I mean, I don't know how it emanates from the brain and how far it goes. But, you know, you've seen it.

People who have the ability to, if there was a fork on that table over there, cause it to move without actually touching it. They've somehow managed to do that. That's part of their stream of consciousness that has control of the environment. And it's something that we have very little understanding of. And there are people like J.S. Bach. Think about all the music that he was able to produce.

People who have the ability to, if there was a fork on that table over there, cause it to move without actually touching it. They've somehow managed to do that. That's part of their stream of consciousness that has control of the environment. And it's something that we have very little understanding of. And there are people like J.S. Bach. Think about all the music that he was able to produce.

People who have the ability to, if there was a fork on that table over there, cause it to move without actually touching it. They've somehow managed to do that. That's part of their stream of consciousness that has control of the environment. And it's something that we have very little understanding of. And there are people like J.S. Bach. Think about all the music that he was able to produce.

Incredible to be able to do a new mass or a new cantata in a matter of days. You think of somebody like George Frederick Handel, who produced The Messiah in three weeks. That's just incredible. How did they do that? It's hard to explain.

Incredible to be able to do a new mass or a new cantata in a matter of days. You think of somebody like George Frederick Handel, who produced The Messiah in three weeks. That's just incredible. How did they do that? It's hard to explain.

Incredible to be able to do a new mass or a new cantata in a matter of days. You think of somebody like George Frederick Handel, who produced The Messiah in three weeks. That's just incredible. How did they do that? It's hard to explain.

I think the ability for it to change people's lives. The fact that you can take somebody who is moving in the wrong direction and they can undergo a conversion experience that makes them into a different person. But are they really a different person? They have the same arms and legs and the heart and lung.

I think the ability for it to change people's lives. The fact that you can take somebody who is moving in the wrong direction and they can undergo a conversion experience that makes them into a different person. But are they really a different person? They have the same arms and legs and the heart and lung.