Neurologist Oliver Sacks identifies what we still don't know about the human brain.br br Check out the rest of Oliver Sacks' interview at br Question: If you could have one question answered about the human brain, what would it be? br Oliver Sacks:  How it works? br I would like to know how the 100 billion neurons in the incessant interactions are able to create this wonderful thing we call thought, feeling, language, humanity, individuality, consciousness. br This is the ultimate brainmind questions. That's the ultimate question which neurologists; whether it could be answered even in principle, I don't know br I think we're getting closer in some ways. And I hope I live long enough to get some feeling of the answer there. br Recorded on: Sep 4, 2008 br  br br Question: If you could have one question answered about the human brain, what would it be? br Oliver Sacks:  How it works? br I would like to know how the 100 billion neurons in the incessant interactions are able to create this wonderful thing we call thought, feeling, language, humanity, individuality, consciousness. br This is the ultimate brainmind questions. That's the ultimate question which neurologists; whether it could be answered even in principle, I don't know br I think we're getting closer in some ways. And I hope I live long enough to get some feeling of the answer there.