Re: Unconscious Processes


Allan C Cybulskie wrote:
> "Curt Welch" <curt@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
....

> > So, the subconscious is all the physiology
> > that goes into defining when neurons fire,
> > and the actual activity of the neurons, is
> > the conscious.
>
> This would be great except that I'm pretty
> certain that neurons still fire when we have
> unconscious reactions to things, so your theory
> is, I think, disproven before it gets started.

But how do you know they are an unconscious reactions?

If you could objectively observe reactions in my
brain how would you determine which ones were
"conscious reactions"? And if you can't do that
how do you know that parts of your brain aren't
also conscious? Are you going to say that my
reactions are not conscious just because *you*
are not conscious of them?

--
John Casey

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