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Originally Posted by SB_UK  ... the act of learning is based on exaptative re-use of the actual same biochemical pathways associated with stress -
and so the idea of no pain no gain in building the body's musculature -
actually applies to the mind also. ... |
beta-CCM is another brain chemical associated with stress as well as learning. And the the amygdala, associated with anger (fight or flight), is a brain structure at the end of the hippocampus, associated with memory and learning. All of this is consistent with consciousness and learning being a defense mechanism tied to the sympathetic nervous system (as opposed to the homeostatic parasympathetic nervous system).
Strangely, all of this was foretold ages ago ...
"The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge ..." - Proverbs 1:7