(1) "Ask any person who is subject to anxiety or panic triggers whether specific chemicals produce anxious and/or paranoid thoughts and feelings." I don't...
eduard, Well argued and presented. You emphasize the brain (science) and I the larger system of thought (philosophy) or how to apply what we think we know...
I would suggest that you ARE your brain. And your brain IS you. All of your characteristics and behaviours are learned by your brain over time and it/you...
All the talk of spirit comes from religion. Eduards idea that we are our brain discounts spirit or soul and that is fine with me. I have alway seen man as...
But I don't limit the domain of the brain. It's everything. I find myself asking of someone ... what script is he/she running? And in a way the corollary of...
Study the kidney , It is a dual organ responsible for excretion. The tissue itself is very complex with anatomical structures that rival the brain or...
I think it's immensely helpful if one uses the term 'mental scripts' rather than 'bad habits,' and recognizes the brain has a quality of plasticity which...
Regard for the system rather than its specific parts is a philosophical perspective, I think. A philosophical quandary might come into play while determining...
To be extreme about it, we are no different from a worm .... only in degree. The worm likely has a few neurons that keep it going in the earth ... we have a...
It might rival the brain [which I doubt], but the kidney doesn't think. I am Jack's failing kidney. I kill Jack. eduardathome ... From: William Sent: Thursday,...
'sustained incoherence' Tyler Durden: Fuck off with your sofa units and strine green stripe patterns, I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say...
"System" is also an engineering perspective. You can't design an airplane that is heavier than the withstand capability of runway on which it is to land. ...
Does a system design itself? Is each part intelligent? Does a brain merely perceive systems or does it influence them, and does the system influence the brain?...
If Dick is able to communicate through the web after he passes, will he have proved the power of love and intelligence as the defining attributes of the new...
Depends upon what you mean by an ecosystem. If you mean a system to get rid of waste in an ecological appropriate fashion ... instead of throwing stuff into...
In nature, systems evolve or follow basic laws like a galaxy system. A natural system might be considered intelligent in the sense that it decides what will...
If Dick can communicate? [ In existlist@yahoogroups.com, "Mary" wrote: If Dick is able to communicate through the web after he passes, will he have proved the...
A deeper understanding of various individual systems can lead to a wider understanding of the cosmic system.My Ecology professor was a botanist but knew...
Mary, Sorry, this one went to my junk mail and I only found it today. Algorithms are mental scripts. They play out in a fashion to give a result. It may well...
I seriously doubt that the functioning of the kidney can rival that of the brain. Yes a dead kidney leads to a dead brain, but then so will a scratch on your...
There is a Chinese magician or is it a magician who was doing a trick in China .. can't recall. He had this trick of passing a $10 bill through a window. I...
In January the house and senate will be in session five days,in February they will meet eleven days. White House sources say the administration will probably...
