Jonah Lehrer’s main argument is that art makes science better. He explains how the two seemingly different worlds actually work really well together. If we incorporate artistic ideas into science then we can discover more about really complex ideas, such as string theory and neuroscience. In turn, science can make art better, too. Science in art can “offer science through a new lens”. Lehrer writes about how art and science complement each other.  Without one we will never challenge the limits of the other. Art is all around us and we must use it to our advantage if we wish to expand our knowledge about ground-breaking ideas.

“The bridging principle” – “the neural event that would explain how the activity of our brain cells creates the subjective experience of consciousness.”

Reductionism- taking one theory or phenomenon to be reducible to some other theory or phenomenon.

Epiphenomenon- a secondary effect or byproduct that arises from but does not causally influence a process.