Posted on September 14, 2009
all’s right with the world
“When the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.”
— Thomas Jefferson
FollowPosted on September 12, 2009
big, big, big!
Big fat people with big fat dogs, driving big fat cars, eating ice cream cones and talking on cell phones.
Posted on August 29, 2009
a function of anatomy
While watching an episode of Nova Science Now, during a segment on how long term memory is effected by the hippocampus, someone uttered a remark stating that memory is a function of anatomy. Well, my response is yea, what part of human consciousness and awareness isn’t? As long as I am in this world, I am the light of this world.
Every part of what I perceive to be reality is channeled through my brain. That is the function of the brain! Everything I touch, see or hear, everything I taste or smell, is processed by the brain and presented to my consciousness (also a function of anatomy) for action and/or evaluation. If you think that your sense of self is anything other than a function of anatomy, think again. Thinking is one of the anatomical functions performed by the brain. Thoughts about gods, thoughts about an afterlife… are all just a function of anatomy.
Posted on February 12, 2009
happy birthday
Today, February 12, 2009 is the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of Abe Lincoln ( Feb. 12, 1809). Today is also the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin. Coincedence? What else would you call it?
Posted on January 22, 2009
new insights
I’m reading Steven Pinker’s Blank Slate, which is increasing my awareness.
First of all I have come to understand that what we call mind is really our brain. You might think they are one in the same but, the brain is made up of various components, where as, I believe, our concept of mind is more akin to our concept of soul. We think of our mind as a single entity, which is not really the case.
The other rather interesting insight that I have acquired is that our brain does not perceive reality. Due to the way the brain has evolved over eons, it is engendered with the ability to interpret the reality perceived by our senses and present it as information relevant to the functioning of the organism, which is us. In short, life is what you make it.
