Sublime

Above all else, it is the capacity to acquire, store, process, and transmit information that separates life from nonlife.

55 standard shapes that neurons can take, 11 different electrical response profiles they can have and a host of different ways they can interact.

it imbues neurons with the ability to identify sequences.

neurons, simply via the nature of their anatomy and physiology, were implementing the rules of logic.

The official scientific terms for how neuroplasticity works are pruning and sprouting, which mean exactly what they sound like: getting rid of some neural connections, patterns, and circuits and creating new ones. In a well-functioning brain, this process can happen in a matter of seconds.

Mind is the brain in action, so if each one of these energy centers has a plexus of neurons, then each has its own individual mind—or better said, each center has a mind of its own. What activates the mind is energy with a directive and intention, a conscious intent. When each of these centers becomes activated, it in turn activates hormones,

When a layer 4 cell fires, it is “voting” that the input fits its label.