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Synchronization, harmonization, vibrations, or simply resonance in its most general sense seems to have an integral relationship with consciousness itself. One of the possible “neural correlates of consciousness” in mammalian brains is a specific combination of gamma, beta and theta electrical synchrony. More broadly, we see similar kinds of resonance patterns in living and non-living structures of many types. What clues can resonance provide about the nature of consciousness more generally? This paper provides an overview of resonating structures in the fields of neuroscience, biology and physics and offers a possible solution to what we see as the “easy part” of the “Hard Problem” of consciousness, which is generally known as the “combination problem.” The combination problem asks: how do micro-conscious entities combine into a higher-level macro-consciousness? The proposed solution in the context of mammalian consciousness suggests that a shared resonance is what allows different parts of the brain to achieve a phase transition in the speed and bandwidth of information flows between the constituent parts. This phase transition allows for richer varieties of consciousness to arise, with the character and content of that consciousness in each moment determined by the particular set of constituent neurons. We also offer more general insights into the ontology of consciousness and suggest that consciousness manifests as a continuum of increasing richness in all physical processes, distinguishing our view from emergentist materialism. We refer to this approach, a meta-synthesis, as a (general) resonance theory of consciousness. We offer some suggestions for testing the theory.
Still, what sucks with both colds and flu (aside from feeling ghastly) is that you can’t even enjoy the flavour of that yummy chicken soup you thought would make you feel better. Of course, it’s because you’ve lost your sense of taste along with your sense of humour. But ever wondered why you can’t taste properly with a cold or stuffy nose?
[More importantly though, is to understand that the flavour of food involves both smell and taste. In fact, 80% of our taste is related to smell, so it’s not surprising that most of the flavour of a food comes from your ability to smell it, explains Professor Jeremiah Alt, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Rhinology at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics.
In an online article on the American Rhinologic Society (ARS) website, he explains that the tongue is your taste organ, as it can sense salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami (savoury). “Our sense of smell (known as olfaction) provides the rest of a food’s flavour, which is why it’s difficult to appreciate food flavour when you have nasal obstruction from a cold, stuffy nose or rhinosinusitus.”
When you have a cold, the swelling causes inflammation and obstruction, which impairs your smell. The flavour of food is produced only after taste is combined with a smell, so if a stuffy nose impairs your sense of smell, it will also decrease your perception of taste.
When your nose is stuffy, taste receptors in your taste buds have to do the job of assessing food flavour in different taste molecules all on their own. Truth is, even though you have around 2000 and 5000 taste buds on your tongue, in your mouth and throat (with each containing 50 to 100 taste receptor cells) they still don’t come close to what your nose knows!
a reply to: neoholographic
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
"And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
"You know the universe was Created by God"
originally posted by: Lazarus Short
In the beginning [TIME]
God [SPIRIT]
created [ENERGY]
the heaven [SPACE]
and the earth [MATTER].
originally posted by: QFlux
There was just another post about grass being blue or being green. There is so much overwhelming evidence that there is a Creator that for any human with logic to conclude there is not one is absurd.
We don't even need to get really technical. A simple statement of fact is enough.
"Of course, every house is constructed by someone, but the one who constructed all things is God."-Hebrews 3:4.
No one has ever seen non-life become life. No one has ever proven it. The more and more scientists peer into the vast universe and see its intricate design and into the infinitesimal and see its mind-boggling complexity filled with intricate design we can only marvel at the more they see into the mind of God.
Of course not everyone is educated. And a lot of people just accept what they are taught. And the schools teach evolution. So most people say, oh, it must be so. But when they delve further they realize it is all sham. They realize everything their science textbooks and professors teach them about the proofs of evolution do not exist. That they are held up by fanciful imagination and willful ignorance.
This destroys materialism and a natural interpretation of evolution because these things are supposed to be random and without purpose
originally posted by: TzarChasm
I have to wonder, if you're so confident in your conclusions, why do you need to keep arguing with strangers on the internet about it.