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Ordered a teaching company course on the brain.\u00a0 I hope this will jump start a dive into the small library of neuroscience books I’ve purchase over the last few years.\u00a0 The whole brain\/mind debate fascinates me, as did the physiology of the brain, that is, just what is in the brain and what function does it have?\u00a0 Another question of deep interest to me is the gathering and processing of sensory data.\u00a0 How does it happen?\u00a0 What does it mean for our connection to the apparent world beyond our senses?\u00a0 (a philosophical question)<\/p>\n
The most important question is that of the mind.\u00a0 Is it a function of the brain only?\u00a0 Or, does the mind arise as a thing sui generis?\u00a0 <\/em>A small group of thinkers on this problem call themselves the Mysterians.\u00a0 They believe the problem can never be solved.\u00a0 Since the brain\/mind question involves a human organ and the defining human quality investigating themselves, it may be an endless loop, a mobius strip of a problem with no clear beginning and no clear end.<\/p>\n Kate has long ago burnt out on the corporate medical context in which she practices.\u00a0 It’s attention to insurance codes and revenue capture.\u00a0 It’s attention to happy talk and consumer satisfaction.\u00a0 It’s routinization and cook-booking of medical practice.\u00a0 The speed-ups which demand 5-6 patients an hour with no distinction for the levels of complexity.\u00a0 The random and chaotic applications of accounting esoterics to physician compensation and benefits.\u00a0 And on and on.\u00a0<\/p>\n She wants to retire.\u00a0 I look forward to her retirement, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" -10\u00a0 48%\u00a0 18%\u00a0 2mph WWS bar30.16 rises windchill-12\u00a0 Winter \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon Ordered a teaching company course on the brain.\u00a0 I hope this will jump start a dive into the small library of neuroscience books I’ve purchase over the last few years.\u00a0 The whole brain\/mind debate fascinates me, as did the … Continue reading The Mobius Strip of Consciousness<\/span>