Brain complexity: whole brain vision mechanisms (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, November 09, 2015, 15:40 (3084 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: What is the source of your God and his intelligence? “First cause” is the flabbiest of answers, as it simply means no cause.-If you believe in a chain of cause and effect, there must be a first cause.
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> dhw:Then perhaps we can say the “brain” of the cell community is likely to reside within the germ cells, and the somatic cells carry out its instructions?-Just remember that DNA comes in germ cells and directs the making of the whole organism. Your statement is correct.-> 
> DAVID: And the source of the instructions in the 'autonomous brain' is?
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> dhw: No, the autonomous "brain" IS the source of the instructions. Or would you say that when you write these posts, your own brain is GIVEN instructions what to write. If so, what is the source of those instructions? (I am not comparing cellular thought to human thought here. The analogy is with the process, not the substance.)-The source is my control over my consciousness which allows free and logical thought, recognizing we have no idea how/why consciousness appears or how it works, per Nagel.