tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post7747665008149839989..comments2024-03-15T23:30:38.471+11:00Comments on Lindsay's Lobes: In search of goodness Lindsay Byrneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-45010760123224262752015-01-13T12:09:30.646+11:002015-01-13T12:09:30.646+11:00Hi Nova
Indeed our evolved “consciousness” repres...Hi Nova <br />Indeed our evolved “consciousness” represents a mystery of life. But I think there is an important distinction between our brain activities (the brain) which facilitate “consciousness” and “consciousness” itself- a product of the mind. From a range of external stimuli or phenomena the brain acts as a receptacle or repository to send signals to the mind (our consciousness).<br />The area of mindful consciousness, where all of this activity takes place and is consolidated to gives us our consciousness, is in the more recently evolved frontal lobes. We might ask where does this “consciousness” go, or what happens to the stored memories and thoughts which have been expressed during our lifetime. But when we say someone is brain dead, it indicates the brains is no longer able to engage as a receptacle to make sense of stimuli through the operations of the mind, and only the body functions of basic ventilation and heart continuation can continue through life support equipment. <br />Best wishes <br /><br />Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-3577701191724580242015-01-13T04:50:01.865+11:002015-01-13T04:50:01.865+11:00I suppose it is easy to assume that it is the brai...I suppose it is easy to assume that it is the brain that produces consciousness... since when a person is "brain dead" they are presumably not conscious or aware, and all that is assumed by supposed activity measured by computers. I guess that will remain as another one of life's mysteries.♥ N o v ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06176664910703289355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-34527947841511422822015-01-12T18:36:37.190+11:002015-01-12T18:36:37.190+11:00Hi Susan
Given the age of specialisation I think ...Hi Susan <br />Given the age of specialisation I think there is a tendency not to take a holistic approach, as opposed to the expansionary ideas behind the “biology of belief “. <br /><br />In that respect I agree with you that possibly the brain responds more as a receptacle for processing internal and external stimuli or phenomena, so I like your idea that maybe we are nodes in consciousness itself. <br />And I agree there are those people who think that the human brain is simply analogous to a computer, thereby taking a purely materialistic approach to everything.<br />Best wishes<br />Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-46589957833108063752015-01-12T14:42:05.188+11:002015-01-12T14:42:05.188+11:00Hi Lindsay
The older I get the stronger is my conv...Hi Lindsay<br />The older I get the stronger is my conviction that the brain functions as an intermediary between mind and body, that we are nodes in consciousness itself - perhaps something like that radio analogy or the one you mentioned about the test pattern on the set not changing the broadcast. The brain is a limiting device that allows us to take care of our physical existence. Scientists have largely ignored how consciousness manifests in our existence. They’ve done this by assuming that the brain produces consciousness, although how it might do so has never been explained and can hardly be imagined.<br /><br />The people who have lost the sense of reverence are those who have convinced themselves that all life, including humanity, is nothing more than a mechanical process. I like to think that we are all part of a single consciousness that is evolving.<br />Best wishessusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-45410002624208058652015-01-12T10:44:49.953+11:002015-01-12T10:44:49.953+11:00Hi Tom
indeed a typo -as you would be aware "...Hi Tom <br />indeed a typo -as you would be aware "multi-celled" organisms/creatures, were thought to have evolved about 650 million years ago. <br />Many thanks for pointing this out.<br />Good luck with the eye surgery. Nothing too serious I trust. I have had cataracts removed and an artificial lens inserted which was marvellous !! <br />best wishes <br />Lindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-45172482313701766282015-01-12T09:17:38.751+11:002015-01-12T09:17:38.751+11:00Regrettably, I am unable to spend the time I would...Regrettably, I am unable to spend the time I would like to study this post in depth. (Tomorrow, first eye surgery.) I did notice one point you made, and I do not yet know how this might reflect on the rest of your post, and that was that "the planetary environment reached a state of equilibrium to give birth to the first multi-celled creatures." Surely the date you quote, 650,000 years, is way out. Humanoids have been around for 4,000,000 years, give or take. The dinosaurs died out around 65,000,000 years ago. Is your date perhaps a typo? Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.com