How are thoughts in your brain composed as matter? Everything is matter, so how do thoughts, memories, insights, and deep thinking fit in with that?
2007-12-05 07:09:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
no, it's not.
the electrical activity in the brain that is correlated with thought is a form of energy, but even that is not the same thing as the experience of thought.
there are books written on the subject, and some see it as proof that NOT everything is matter (or energy). there is more to human experience than the physical world. quantum physics comes to the same conclusion.
2007-12-05 07:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, thoughts are not matter. The definition of matter (classical as opposed to Einstein's modern definition) is anything that takes up space. According to this definition, NOT everything is matter.
Examples of other non-matter things:
Energy
Velocity
Blood Pressure
Also, there are more classifications of things besides energy and matter.
2007-12-05 15:13:48 · answer #2 · answered by Jonathan J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the energy formed passing from one place to another in your brain. You can see it as different colors on a CT scan. Kind of like heat coming from the body but closer to inner-brain electricity.
2007-12-05 15:13:25 · answer #3 · answered by AJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deep question. But everything isn't matter, you have it the wrong way round, everything is energy, so that would make it easier to answer
2007-12-05 15:12:31 · answer #4 · answered by florayg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thought is the movement of matter using signals inside the brain.
2007-12-05 15:23:05 · answer #5 · answered by DJM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thought is a verb and a noun. It is the action of linking together two (or more) memory engrams and it is the resulting structure.
2007-12-05 15:12:52 · answer #6 · answered by john_in_dc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're missing something. Everything is EITHER matter or energy. Your thuoghts might be energy, but they aren't matter. If they were, your head would be full of crap.
Oops. I guess your thoughts are matter. Your head is getting fatter.
2007-12-05 15:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by BC 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Umm no but the matter in your brain is.
2007-12-05 15:12:21 · answer #8 · answered by Lover Girl 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neurons.
2007-12-05 15:16:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
matter has weight and mass. it occupies space. thoughts don't, so they are not matter. if they were, some of us would not have enough room in our heads.
2007-12-05 15:13:59 · answer #10 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋