I posted a brief introduction to that book I said I'd work on, explaining how consciousness evolved not from neurons responding to stimulus, but from the quelling and quieting of neurons by their neighbors. This shift in dynamics yields insight into what consciousness is and how neurons and brains evolved. It provides a better framework for understanding intelligence, a simple, subtle change of perspective that bears interesting fruit as you apply it to matters of brain and behavior.
Sounds very Zen.
Posted by: lobbygow | December 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM