But the Internet business loves brains and connections.
The biggest jabs have come from men who said they fell in love with me because they loved my brain, but were quick to tear me down the minute I got too ahead of myself.
Nevertheless, he adds, "People under the spell of neuroscience might talk about the neural correlates of love, brain states and chemicals – as if that's what we've discovered love to be, just as we've discovered that water is really H2O.
He is widely respected, if not universally loved, combining brains with a plain-speaking style and, say his fans, an openness to reform.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, who were still a very funk-driven band at the time of I Against I's release, all loved Bad Brains.
MetLife is giving prospective clients a 61-page book it commissioned called "Love Your Brain".
Found objects are involved (rocks, seashells, pitchforks, an old mailbox), as are some of her earlier pieces, in the case of the large sculptures of bones in "Let Me Love Your Brain" and "Transmissions of the Threadbare".
"I love your brain," he told me.
