<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The nervous system survives by predicting and... > The nervous system survives by predicting and adapting to its environment, but intelligence becomes something more when a choice-maker can resist the very pressures shaping its behavior and, through a counterintuitive act, change the environment (or hold off the environment) instead of merely yielding to it. **Source:** [[breakouts/Human Machine|Human Machine]], [[working/LEARNING TO WRITE AS BRYANT|LEARNING TO WRITE AS BRYANT]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The nervous system survives by predicting and adapting to its environment, but intelligence becomes something more when a choice-maker can resist the very pressures shaping its behavior and, through a counterintuitive act, change the environment (or hold off the environment) instead of merely yielding to it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-nervous-system-survives-instead-merely-yielding ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->