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Originally Posted by Mikal Survival and the survival of the fittest...
Nature just keeps building new structures on top of the ancient survival brain..
We are here to bypass the body's most ancient instincts of self-preservation. Were not supposed to be into survival...we are to be mastering fear and respecting caution as belonging to our corporeal intelligence which was mastered long ago...the fittest minds live...the untapped mind survives... |
Not exactly as I might say it, but your description has more flair and panache than my description. My boring explanation is that the mammilian brain (limic system and expanded cortex) provides creatures (like us) the ability to "fine tune" our behavioral responses to the environment.
And ".. mastering fear and respecting caution ..." are key aspects of the brain. We learn and think because we need to in order to survive. As a result, the nasty chemical beta-CCM, which causes stress and even convulsions in high doses, is central to the functioning of consciousness as well as memory. (Strangely, scientific evidence now supports Proverbs - "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge" - Proverbs 1:7)
Thanks for stopping by, guys! (My thread was getting lonely.

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