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Surly it too vast to be confined to the head?

2007-03-20 18:54:22 · 14 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

BROOKLYN SS: Thanks for the answer, but such theory fails to acknowledge that response time is delayed w/ direct neural stimulation. If said reflex resulted from the propagation of an action potential along an axon to the brain & then back down, one could infer that direct neural stimulation results in quicker response time; however, this is not so. Orthodromic conduction eliminates the possibility that an action potential propagates in both directions & an axonal membrane is excitable along its entire length—the impulse travels w/o decrement—so how are such results justified? I’m not saying the mind is or is not responsible, I am merely pointing out that present science cannot explain all.

I hope this sets you on a new path to understanding the mind & the human brain. This explanation is far to simplified; however, there is a dearth of info available. A good start might be to search 'collective conciseness'. “Fluffy” answers do wonders to broaden a provincial construct.

2007-03-23 00:45:21 · update #1

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The mind is in the heart and soul, and perhaps the flesh as well. It is a vast and dark place like the sea...seemingly endless but it is finite.

2007-03-20 19:01:08 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 3 1

Ok, I noticed a lot of the answers here where a bit on the "fluffy" side of things, so here is the science:

The stomach is an organ whose function is to process food. The Kidney is an organ whose process is to clean the blood of foreign matter and impurities.

The brain is an organ whose function is to relate signals from one portion of the nervous system to other portions of the nervous system.

This is very simplistic, and does not answer your question... but allow me to go on:

The brain transmit this data through the use of neurons. A neuron will fire if enough signal is sent to it. When this neuron fires it will either help other neurons to fire, or try to prevent other neurons from firing, or do both at the same time. THis network is HUGE. A portion of the brain about the size of a pack of cigarettes can contain upward of 300 BILLION neurons. One spark, say from a nerve ending in your pinky, sets off a chain reaction that fires millions, if not billions of neurons. The neurons are broken up into specific networks. Some of these netowerks, such a Wernike's Area, handle language. Other's have other functions that are specific to it. Memories are stored throughout the brain.

These are the basic. Now for the tough part. Mind is the PROCESS of this intricate neuronal weave. There is no specific place that it inhabits because it is, itself, not a true "part". But is, instead an effect of the network of the brain.

Let's take a car engine for example. You start your car and the engine makes noise. Where is "noise" located on the engine? It isn't. Noise is the effect of the engines parts striking each other, and of the explosion created by igniting gas.They are intertwined. When the engine starts, noise occurs. And so when the brain starts, Mind occurs.

I hope this sets you on a new path to understanding the mind, and the Human brain. As I said, this explanation is far to simplified to fully answer your question. However, there is a dearth of information available. A good start might be "The Science of Mind" by Kenneth Livingston.

2007-03-20 21:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by Brooklyn_SS 2 · 0 5

nope...its pretty much where all the think'n is done. all of you nerve endings lead back to the brain. we can also see which nerves in the brain are active during different thoughts.
Yes the mind seems to be a very complex thing, but it is born out of simplicity. Imagine a computer with all of its circuits. a circuit can be either open or closed. lets say you have a trillion circuits, that means you can have something like 10x^1000000000000 different combinations of open and closed circiuts. It the same with nerves. That means there is a possibility for 10x^1000000000000 different thoughts, feelings, sensations, emotions, words, etc. essentially an infinite amount. this is basically how it works.

2007-03-20 21:04:06 · answer #3 · answered by Mark B 2 · 0 0

I don't think the mind is any ware. It is not a tangible thing.It cannot occupy a certain space. We all know that the brain is the organ that somehow creates the mind but how? We talk about electrical circuits neuron transmitters etc .which stimulate the nerves in the brain but how does this relate to the mind which is not physical. To me the mind is nowhere and every ware it just is.

2007-03-21 00:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 2 0

It is ominpresent in all which is duality. Where there exists duality, there the mind dwells. That which we call the mind, and nestled within the brains of each, are but satellites of a vast sea of universal power set well above the physical domain such as Earth, but below the Great Divide of that of the Soul realms and above...

The true essence is the Mind Stuff and is the first portal and highest form of matter, a force through which all life and Spirit pass enroute downward into the spirito-physical universes, heavens, and worlds, created by Existence ITself to facilitate development and growth and maturation for Souls before they are held as equipped to return to the realms above the Great Divide to carry on the great works.

2007-03-20 19:26:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 2 2

Your hard drive is capable of processing far more information than you can even make an outline of and it is smaller than your brain.

Just because our brain is seemingly small it is still large enough to contain the mind. It just isn't quite smart enough to understand how. We still only fully understand how 10% of the human brain is used.

2007-03-20 19:16:05 · answer #6 · answered by ophelliaz 4 · 1 0

"Surely"? How are you sure? Rather, it makes perfect sense that it is confined to the head.

My cell phone runs Windows Mobile with a Intel Pentium processor, and can perform far more thoughts-per-second than my mind can. And it fits in my friggin' pocket. The phrase "oh, it's all in your head" came about because it's all in your head.

2007-03-21 05:51:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You know, I’ve never looked. It’s one of those things I just take for granted is there. Like other people’s thoughts, intentions, motivations. Something to act on when it becomes apparent, but otherwise, unseen. My soul, my spirit, is like the wind. I cannot see it, but I can see it’s effect. I have a good spirit, I can see the good effect of it. I perform simple kindnesses for those around me, and those Dear people smile. This makes my heart sing.

2007-03-20 21:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by busted.mike 4 · 2 0

Mind is seated in the brain. Currently, the earth is populated with over 6 1/2 billion floating universes. When a brain becomes starved of oxygen the mind dies with it. It can be reconstituted if it is resurrected by the will of God.

2007-03-20 19:24:38 · answer #9 · answered by LELAND 4 · 0 4

Oh come on!of course mind can be found nowhere Just like soul, mind isn't a tangible concept. it's something abstract - an illusionary concept.

2007-03-20 19:38:58 · answer #10 · answered by hitherto 2 · 2 1

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