Posted by Clayton on December 1, 2003, at 5:25:24
In reply to How does the brain work?, posted by socialdeviantjeff on December 1, 2003, at 1:43:59
I've been on this same quest for months. The truth is this: NO ONE HAS A CLUE HOW THE BRAIN WORKS. They will NOT in our lifetime (it kind of ticks me off - I want to know!).
That doesn't mean that all is black. There have been heroic and ingenious strides made in recent years in the study of brain function.
Brilliant men and women have fruitfully dedicated their lives and careers to this and not without result. If you have some very simple, specific question, you MIGHT find an answer. But look at the phamacology reports or "info sheet" for any antidepressant or psycotropic. They all say that the mechanism of action is unknow, unclear or uncertain and might have something to do with this or that. Nothing is more fundamrntal than memory. No one knows how memories are stored. New neuronal connections? DNA/RNA? proteins? No one knows.This is a unique moment in history in terms of understanding of the brain. We know so much and we are advancing rapidly but we still know practically nothing.
The relation between the mind and brain is perhaps the greatest unresloved mystery that confornts us. It is one of THE GREAT MYSTERIRES....(on par with the origin of the universe itself).
But pl
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