Random Thoughts or Whatever

[Quadman2]

And, if one gets into the area of intelligence vs wisdom...some specialists see these two terms as "separate and distinct" from one another.

In layman words, intelligence can be assessed in more than one way, has to be applied, and this where wisdom comes into play and now "age" factors into the game of "Experience".

As others have already shared, a lot of the old books are having to be re-written as we learn more about the neuro systems with ongoing research.


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[DesertRatt]

intelligence vs wisdom

I consider wisdom to be psychological and cultural based preferences. Can one be wise and not intelligent?

 

[spicer]

According to Google AI overview:

Memories are stored in various regions of the brain, depending on the type of memory.

Hippocampus:

• This structure in the temporal lobe is crucial for forming new memories and consolidating short-term memories into long-term memories.

Temporal Lobes:

• These lobes store episodic memories (personal experiences) and semantic memories (general knowledge).

Prefrontal Cortex:

• This area is involved in working memory, decision-making, and storing memories related to specific events or situations.

Cerebral Cortex:

• Different parts of the cerebral cortex store long-term memories, including autobiographical memories, sensory memories, and motor skills.

Amygdala:

• This structure is involved in emotional memories, particularly those related to fear and pleasure.

Basal Ganglia:

• This group of structures helps store procedural memories (skills and habits).

It's important to note that memories are not stored in single, isolated locations. They are distributed across multiple brain regions, and their storage depends on the type of memory, its age, and other factors.

How many tera, terra, tera, tera bytes to the powers of ten tera of data is in a lifetime of full motion memory. I get the mechanics/system/structure involved in accessing, like a CPU accessing locations where data is stored in extended memory and loading it for processing. But, no way do I see or imagine the cranial 'space' to store that amount of data and nowhere have I heard any plausible explanation... it gets really weird trying to examine this, metaphors will reign.

 

[Quadman2]

You know, what is really, really strange, when an unimportant person from your past comes into mind (surfaces)...or some other lingering thought just happens, and you wonder...where in the hell did that come from? And, there was no previous attempt to bring it about, nor a stimulus that might have brought this thought to light!

The mind and its function at times...is truly a strange creature! It's almost like there's a person, within a person!

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[Mr Boochie]

You know, what is really, really strange, when an unimportant person from your past comes into mind (surfaces)...or some other lingering thought just happens, and you wonder...where in the hell did that come from? And, there was no previous attempt to bring it about, nor a stimulus that might have brought this thought to light!

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Dreams can be the strangest things. Some believe they stem from the brain recycling random, excess "thought-connection" pathway chemicals during sleep. And thus, the formation of unconnected memories.

 

[Quadman2]

Dreams can be the strangest things...

And what about day dreaming? Is this what I was alluding to? Maybe we take trips during the day...and aren't really aware that we've slipped for the moment into the subconscious?

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[Mr Boochie]

And what about day dreaming? Is this what I was alluding to? Maybe we take trips during the day...and aren't really aware that we've slipped for the moment into the subconscious?

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I think it's the same thing — a conscious thought made by a random connection of memory paths. Like your mind has, for some reason, got the right combo of connectors to open up some long-stored memories. And then tries to make a story out of it.

Apparently, the mind is always trying to make "sense" out of any input (external or internal). It's why people tend to "see" images that may not be there, like seeing a building or pattern in a pile of rocks on the moon.

 

[spicer]

I think it's the same thing — a conscious thought made by a random connection of memory paths. Like your mind has, for some reason, got the right combo of connectors to open up some long-stored memories. And then tries to make a story out of it.

Apparently, the mind is always trying to make "sense" out of any input (external or internal). It's why people tend to "see" images that may not be there, like seeing a building or pattern in a pile of rocks on the moon.

Or not see images that are there.

 

[Mr Boochie]

Or not see images that are there.

Yup.

That's a whole different thing the brain can do. Eliminate what it feels is "unnecessary" and maybe clogging the mind with too much input — like how you can focus on saving a falling object and never remember seeing people around it.

 

[DesertRatt]

In my case, I've been subjected to a gross imbalance of too much science and too little spiritualism and magic. It's the Western way of conditioning its societal members. I can't see how science will ever comprehend the activities and consequences of the mind.

How in the world do we remember odors so clearly and powerfully? And how that odor memory triggers a cascade of emotions? Or, consider our sonic memory. When i hear the first bar of a song, I can tell if it is, or is not, the original hit release from 1965, or a reboot, or remaster, or maybe even alternate take. Maybe I haven't even heard the song for ten years! A slight variation of tone, or tempo, or is so easily detectable. To admit that there are other dimensions than what physics understands is difficult when raised in a scientific soup.

 

[Mr Boochie]

In my case, I've been subjected to a gross imbalance of too much science and too little spiritualism and magic. It's the Western way of conditioning its societal members. I can't see how science will ever comprehend the activities and consequences of the mind.

The mind is a balance between specialized right- and left-hemispheres. Too much of either leads to bad Juju!

 

[Quadman2]

In my case, I've been subjected to a gross imbalance of too much science and too little spiritualism and magic. It's the Western way of conditioning its societal members. I can't see how science will ever comprehend the activities and consequences of the mind....

And if you take the time to read up on what some neuro surgeons have encountered when dealing with the brain, there's just some things/happenings that happen that shouldn't take place, and they have no explanations for these experiences.

Some physicians have called this extended appendage, "spirit". "Soul" might be closer in definition.


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[DesertRatt]

neuro surgeons have encountered when dealing with the brain

Kinda like pilots and UFOs

 

[Quadman2]

Kinda like pilots and UFOs

Exactly! With drastic damage (accidents/disease) and extensive repair, some neuro surgeons were astounded that the brain still managed to function. Mind you, there was often follow-up re-training that had to be done.


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[SolderIron]

It's almost like there's a person, within a person!

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May be there are multiple personalities in each person.
A coworker said he had a one-night stand with a gal. In the morning, she told him her several personalities all liked him. He said he ran out of there fast .

 

[Quadman2]

May be there are multiple personalities in each person....

I think this is more than a supposition.

Edgar Poe also felt that in some cases there was a constant struggle to suppress the "dark person" who lingered within some. His writings often shared this "belief" in his short stories.


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[DesertRatt]

Angels and devils?

Seems to be confirmed by observing life.

 

[Mystic]

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[Mystic]

Hippocampus:

• This structure in the temporal lobe is crucial for forming new memories and consolidating short-term memories into long-term memories.

Well, as one afflicted with significant PTSD and (longitudinally) observed/measured change in the size of my hippocamp, I assure you that the atrophy of this structure is, in my case, accompanied with a marked decline in S-T memory retention. Almost nothing "new" finds its way to L-T memory. Or so it seems.

 

[nailer]

Why do we forget?

Not talking brain damaged/drug taking/advanced age...but how/why does the brain forget things/events. etc.

Read somewhere/heard that everything we have sensed...stays with us, but the details decay/get lost!

Forgot what the "source" was.


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The bolded is a contradiction.