Simon Conway Morris on animal intelligence (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 15:22 (2653 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: ...and my brain responds to what I make my consciousness do, by altering its connections, adding new neurons.

dhw: Thank you. It is your “total mentality” that controls your brain, and consciousness is not “a mechanism the brain uses”, but the brain is a mechanism used by consciousness. Enhanced consciousness is not the product of an enlarged brain, but mental totality uses the brain, which grows to meet the requirements of an enhanced consciousness. Now at last you have your dualism.

Whether it’s true or not is another question.

You've stated what I think differently than I do, since I view consciousness as a received mechanism. I don't think the native brain can do it on its own, based on NDE research.