magine a social model of the brain. I mentioned many times
embodied cognition as my fav, which lately I've been thinking of
as kind of social brain.
You and i are communicating. However the communication occurs -
in this case, over skinny wires with concepts encoded in words
encoded in bits passed through thousands of miles of air and
cables... _physically connecting_ "two or more" brains.
I see energy as physical, the electrons as if basketball players
catching and throwing little basketballs to each other quickly
up and down the lines. [basketballs being photons].
I also see Time as not so arrow-like. Hence, in _some fashion_
we are connected physically - our brain wave patterns would be
equally at home whether in a single mind or in several minds,
each with a unique perspective and yet, still shared
nonetheless.
That's the power of conceptual sharing, however it is
manifested.
I think that's what makes "not feeling alone" with our thoughts
so envigorating: We're really NOT alone once we share our
thoughts; they're received and accepted/rejected/ignored - yet
in some fashion, RESPONDED TO merely by the glancing at it.
How powerful that is! Of course it might be an imaginary you
(mini-Millard) that I'm communicating - the mini-Millard being
the internal representation of Millard Melnyk that's in my mind
- that I'm communicating with when I respond. Same in reverse.
But no-less real, even if I am communicating with a symbolic
representation of a person that *happens* to seem to resemble in
reality the person I'm communicating with.
Don't know if that makes sense. Words fail in certain areas.
