Cognition Gifts

"… and a big shout-out to my hippocampus, without which I wouldn’t be standing here saying words."

"I bet you're so used to using Google instead of your own memory that you've forgotten much of your own life." "That's nonsense." "Oh yeah? Tell me, then: Who was the first girl you ever kissed?" "That's easy, it was... um... wait, it’ll come to me..." "What did you want to be when you were little? Who were you named after? What's your blood type?" "What did you have for breakfast?" "Joke's on you, I didn't even have breakfast. …Wait… did I?"

An afterthought/An afrothought

"Actually, I do my best thinking when Mr. Genius here is sound asleep. How about you?"

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

Thinking Gears

The Map of the human brain

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

'I think your father's had one of his big ideas...'

"Wait—what did I come into this room to do?"

* For latent content, see your psychiatrist.

"Well, either you're hopelessly optimistic or hopelessly short-sighted."

'If no man is an island, then what the hell is no woman?'

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

Pastorius wonders why.

'I know it's a bit unusual, but that's where he gets all the best ideas.'

'Seriously, in this day and age, how can people still believe in this nonsense that we have evolved from microbes...?'

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions

Clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought and memory.

Philosophy Department: You are here but why are you here?

"How do I know this isn't a performance art piece?"

"...I don't believe in the past or the future. I don't even believe in right now. Everyone remembers the past differently. Everyone imagines the future differently. Everyone even disagrees about what's happening right now. So who's to say tomorrow what you and I did tonight?"

Think Tank

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

Six Thinking Hats

Beyond the known and the unknown.

Rodin's Thinker.

A man on a giant book poses as Rodin's The Thinker.

' A new idea '

"If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?"

"We had a brainstorm - I hope it's a brainchild."

"But what if this is all there is?"

Assertiveness

'If someone farts in the forest and there's no one around to smell it, does it make a stink?'

I think, theerfore I am underpaid