CONSCIOUSNESS

  One of the facts of existence is that we are conscious and carry our own mental
 world about with us.  A feature left out of detailed accounts by the scientific
 optimists and other proponents of the TOE is that it seems hard to give a scientific
 answer, based on any TOE presently known, to explain the detailed nature of this
 consciousness.  In spite of the enormous efforts of psychologists and neuro-
 researchers, some would claim that this question will always lie outside the
 scientific pale.  For example, the distinguished British psychologist Richard
 Gregory said in a recent radio programme that the inner nature of consciousness
 - the explanation of the so-called `raw feels' of the experiences in our minds -
 is totally puzzling and will never be scientifically explicable.

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  That somebody can write a book today claiming that `research shows that many of
 us use barely 1 per cent of our brain's capacity' and that `you could be trained
 to achieve a significant increase in your mental powers simply by accessing some
 of the massive intellect you always felt you had' indicates the enormous lack of
 understanding of the brain's function (as well as the credulity, if not of the
 author, at least of his readers).  I have already quoted from the psychologist
 Richard Gregory, who is not alone among his scientific colleagues in claiming
 that consciousness itself is not explicable from brain activity.

p. 35

 "When The Clock Struck Zero - Science's Ultimate Limits" - ISBN 0-330-32524-8
 by Professor John Taylor of King's College London.

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