Consciousness Is Made of Atoms, Too
Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
Monday, September 5, 2016
Taking The Mystery Out Of Consciousness
"Sensations are the building blocks of consciousness. They must first be
combined into perceptions and converted into objects in the environment.
Then neural systems must evolve mechanisms by which they can be
remembered or recalled (neurobiologists identify the first appearances
of memory in habituation, sensitization, and conditioning); and finally
plasticity must develop—the capacity to shape, edit, and organize this
neural content, present or remembered, into a picture, experience, or
awareness of the 'world.' This, in the modern metaphysics of Democritus,
is the way consciousness emerges in neural systems."
Consciousness Is Made of Atoms, Too
Consciousness Is Made of Atoms, Too
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