What Exactly IS Intelligence? (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Saturday, August 21, 2010, 01:15 (5207 days ago) @ David Turell


> > The very fact that I am consciously able to perceive, learn, understand, think etc. and actually create new things through these faculties therefore does give me a possible clue to the nature of the intelligence that may have created the mechanisms.
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> Here is a Christian viewpoint on the brain and consciousness:
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> http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2010/08/mysteries-of-consciousness-Not exactly Christian; the guy might be Christian but there's nothing religious about the discussion. It's thoughtful and candid--and most importantly--cautious! In fact, I didn't even see a single mention of Christ or God. -It is a good statement of the problem of consciousness.-I can't help but mention that it's a little OT for this thread, even if it is a very valuable addition to our overall discussion.

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\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"