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We know the brain as much as Galileo knew the universe

Written by Raúl Arrabales Moreno

Tuesday, 31 October 2006

The knowledge we currently have about the human brain is comparable to the knowledge about the Universe we had in Galileo’s time, said the Novel Prize Torsten Wiesel during a meeting in Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Mr. Wiesel argues that plasticity is a key factor in human brain development as many regions of it need stimuli for their development. Wiesel received the Nobel Prize jointly with Hubel thanks to their work on brain visual processing. They demonstrated that the brain needs to configure itself after birth. i.e., even though no physical problem exists, without stimuli there is no brain development.

Within the framework of ConCiencia program, coordinated by the professor Jorge Mira, Mr. Wiesel talked about the challenges of human brain understanding. When he was asked about the percentage of human brain that we currently understand, he answered that our knowledge of human brain is more or less the same as the knowledge we had about the universe in Galileo’s time. Probably, 90% of the mechanisms in the brain are still unknown. Brain imaging techniques are the main advance in the knowledge of the brain. These techniques allow us to study not only isolated cells but brain processes in general, Wiesel said.

Source: http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/

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1 What is the material basis of Quantum Co
Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 15-12-2009 11:55
What is the material basis of Quantum Consciousness ?

A New Era: Knowledge of Consciousness. XXIc.
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Our brain works on dualistic basis:
usually consciousness (logically) and rarely unconsciousness
( at first it seems illogically but at last it shows as very wise act)
In book ‘ The Holographic Universe’ Michael Talbot
on page 160 explained this situation in such way:
‘ Contrary to what everyone knows it is so, it may not be
the brain that produce consciousness, but rather consciousness
that creates the appearance of the brain ’
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In our terrestrial world the Information ( some basis of Consciousness)
can be transfer to you only by Electromagnetic waves.
Lorentz proved: there aren’t Electromagnetic waves without Electron.
Therefore I say,
only Electron can be the Quantum of Information/ Consciousness.
We don’t have any other theory of Information’s transfers.
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We know the Electron is very important particle in our live.
It acts in Maxwell’s electrodynamics.
It acts in the atom.
But how Electron acts in cell and in Outer space we don’t know.
We need time to understand this fact.
And when we understand the Vacuum and Electron
we will know the Ultimate Nature of Reality, it means we
will know the material basis of Quantum Consciousness too.
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Now nobody knows what the Vacuum and Electron are.
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" The problem of the exact description of vacuum, in my opinion,
is the basic problem now before physics. Really, if you can’t correctly
describe the vacuum, how it is possible to expect a correct description
of something more complex? "
/ Paul Dirac /
2
You know, it would be sufficient to really understand the electron.
/ Albert Einstein /
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Tell me what an electron is and I'll then tell you everything.
/ Somebody /
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"... indeed an understanding of psi phenomena and of
consciousness must provide the basis of an improved
understanding of quantum mechanics."
/Evan Walker /
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Best wishes
Israel Sadovnik Socratus
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