How Unique You Are! -Continue with Memory and More!

Moreover, you have a conscious mind. That statement may seem basic, but it sums up something that unquestionably makes you exceptional.   The mind has been described as "the elusive entity where intelligence, decision making, perception, awareness,  and sense of self reside."  As creeks, streams, and rivers flow constantly into or through our mind. Consciousness, say one definition, is "the perception of what passes in a man's own mind."

Modern researchers have made great strides in understanding the physical makeup of the brain and some of the electrochemical processes that occur in it.  They can also explain the circuitry and  functioning of an advanced computer. However, there is a vast difference between your brain and computer.  With your brain you are conscious and are aware of your being, but a computer certainly is not.  Why the difference? 

Frankly, how and why consciousness arises from physical processes in our brain is a mystery.  "I don't see how any science can explain that,"  one neurobiologist commented. Also, Professor James Trefil observed: "What exactly, it means for a human being to be conscious . . . is the only major question in the sciences that we don't even know how to ask." One reason why is that scientists are using the brain to try to understand the brain. And just studying the physiology of the brain may not be enough.  Consciousness is "one of the most profound mysteries of existence," observed Dr. David Chalmers, "but knowledge of the brain alone may  not get  (scientists) to the bottom of it."  

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From the book Is There a Creator That Cares About You?