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Your
Brain is the centerpiece of your existence. Functionally, it can be split into
two distinct categories that complement each other in all activities of your
day.
 The Whole Brain
The power behind that lump of nerves.
The Brain that powers you, its core, and its services all add up to one important fact: that it just can't survive without you, and you can't work without it. This mesh of flesh is one of the most complex organs in your body, and also one of the most responsive. It is a thing that can be weighed, measured, looked at, and studied. On the surface, most human brains look pretty much the same: light-pink-and-grayish-white, wrinkled, and squishy.
 The Whole Mind
The force beyond simple recognition of words.
Your
mind is open and free. Free to think whatever it wants, with your express permission
of course. You are your mind, and your mind is all of you. It is a window into
all that is thought, and uses the physical attributes of your brain to function.
You can't pick up a mind, toss it into a jar, and label it. Humans are conscious
beings. We share a common experience of a sense of self, of conscious awareness
- a trait some believe is uniquely human - yet the quest to explain consciousness
is one of the last remaining great adventures of science and philosophy.
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"But if the brain is not like a computer, then what is it like? What kind of model can we form in regard to its functioning? I believe there's only one answer to that question, and perhaps it will disturb you: there is no model of the brain, nor will there ever be. That's because the brain, as the constructor of all models, transcends all models. The brain's uniqueness stems from the fact that nowhere in the known universe is there anything even remotely resembling it.
" -- Richard Restak (from The Brain Has A Mind of Its Own, 1991)
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Thursday, September 6, 2001 5:03 PM
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