arthur

.Hi Vexer and all, I am a new member. Simplistically; The answer is yes. Consciousness is the brains only portal to the outside world via the senses. There are basically three levels, Un, Sub and Full. Sub consciousness is the state of everyday normal monitoring of ones environment without awareness. Full consciousness is used by the brain in conjunction with the state of awareness, not only to monitor the effects of any actions it might have promoted but to facilitate the act of concentration for the purpose of gaining more knowledge of that which it is concentrating on with the view of understanding. The brain cannot concentrate on more than one thing at any one time The brain can only do two things (1) promote physical activity and (2) correlate, interrelate, evaluate and store the results of stimuli it receives from the senses. Yes, when and if this obviousness becomes general knowledge, if it is understood, it will certainly put a cat amongst a great number of "research" pigeons not least, for the individual, in self analysis but for most of what to day is termed as "science" etc. etc. It could indeed be Pandora's box. No, Although one cannot concentrate on more that one 'thing' at any one time it is a fundamental facet of life per se. Unless one can maintain objectivity this kind of abstract study can be pretty dangerous and I recommend that you and anyone else change your interests to something more tangible and important, maybe horticulture. But if you do persist the key to greater intellectual understanding is to define and so understand the key words, most of which the meanings of are pretty ambiguous. For example *What is intelligence ? Any information received via the senses should be considered as experience. Human beings have the wherewithal to experience as well as to hold memory of experience, it is this which facilitates learning, anything learned becomes knowledge. The skill and success with which this learning is used is indicative of intelligence. Knowledge is no more than the result of experience. All creatures have, to a greater or lesser degree, the wherewithal to experience as well as to hold memory of experience, it is this which facilitates learning, anything learned becomes knowledge. The skill and success with which this learning is used is indicative of intelligence. This applies to all creatures from microbes, fruit flies and elephants. Given that such creatures as maggots, crabs and apes have intelligence what is it that makes them different from you and I? * What is the difference? arthur...