Consciousness what is it / a direction.

I am not going to be sharing what other philosophers thought consciousness was. The reason is because they in the past did not have the same world view we have today (computer's and Programs) and trying to translate what they said into today's comprehension and understanding would be problematic at best and confusing at worst. I am going to write a little about constructs, environment and real vs imagination in this post. I don't think we will comprehend nor be able to understand consciousness in this one post. However I hope it creates suggestions for direction in thinking. 

What is a construct and what does it have to do with reality vs imagination? How should we understand what consciousness has to do with environment? How do construct and there proper use effect perception? How do the improper use of constructs effect perception? What does the Neural Plasticity of the Brain have to do with the operations of the mind? How do we put it all together into actions that are in our vested interest?

These and many more question require that we self educate. Meaning we look at what the so called experts say and using logic and reason determine what the facts mean in terms of real life. That is after all the reason for consciousness to discover the meaning of life. In this post we will start by talking about a Construct. What is it? What does it have to do with consciousness? What determines proper use of a construct? What happens when we miss use the construct?

What is a construct?

In  The solution to the mental warfare of Nihilism! we discuss the definition according to Wikipedia

A construct in the philosophy of science is an ideal object, where the existence of the thing may be said to depend upon a subject's mind. This contrasts with a real object, where existence does not seem to depend on the existence of a mind. More at Wikipedia 

We further ask  

"How are they supposed to be used to the advantage of the builder?"  

and we find the answer is  

"If the construct is accurate than the perception will allow for manipulation of that which is accurate and thus be also a advantageous construct. Conversely if the perception generated harms the builder than the construct has negative value and should be abandoned. Thus the perception must equal a positive result for the builder or the construct cannot serve its purpose of creating advantage for the builder." 

Thus we have a condition in the real world that allows logic (the condition we find in reality) and reason (what we can expect to happen when we change the logical conditions) to be used for a solution. There are necessary distinctions that one must discover in the medical definitions of Neurol Pathways and Neurol Plasticity. They equate to conditions that also allow the use of logic and reason to determine proper use and solutions to the problem of consciousness. 

Let us look at   Medical Definition of Neuroplasticity  first. Note Neurol Pathways are discussed within the definition of Neuroplasticity. 

 Brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. Neuroplasticity allows the neurons (nerve cells) in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and to adjust their activities in response to new situations or to changes in their environment. 

This is basically saying that nothing is set in stone within the brain and the neural pathways can be changed. What I want to focus on right now is that last part "to changes in their environment" This I think is very miss leading because of what it doesn't say about our environment. 

Where does our environment come from? 

In a way it comes from reality and in a way it comes from the constructs we build allowing us to use logic and reason to build our perceptions. So our physical environment has something to do with it, but is not the main factor. This is why changing the physical environment of drug addicts doesn't work, because you have to change how the mind operates the brain in order to change the brain to create a more accurate environment. Making the construct function as it is intended. To create a advantage for the builder of the construct. 

In  Logic & Reason versus Emotions and preferences. How I trained my brain. I explain how I used language to create Neurol Pathways with the Neurol Plasticity function of our brains. Just in case you have a problem with all these links to post I have written in the past, this one has already paid out, but is germane to the subject. So whether or not I get tokens for your viewing of my post is not why they are being shared. 

In  The analytical memory associations vs the emotional associations I show that there is a difference between the associations of our Analytical and Emotional minds. Thus one can see that the proper use of a construct depends upon getting the correctly formatted data to the correct processor. In short if you send the arbitrary data generated by your emotional mind to your analytical mind the conclusion will have no relationship to reality. Exactly the same thing happens when you send Analytical data to the Emotional Mind, because the to processors do not process the data in the same way.

Thus we can see that sending the right data to the right processor is paramount to getting the right perception the constructs where built to provide. In fact what we are talking about is the environment that must be changed to get the different desirable results of the constructs. Depriving the Neural Pathways developed while sending the wrong data to the wrong processor can be done using language. Doing so begins the development of the correct Neural Pathways by the Neural Plasticity function of the Brain. Doing so consistently allows the Brain to produce Neural Reflexes that mean in the long run using the correct data for the correct processor. 

I hope I have generated some food for thought? I also hope people comment with question or there own comprehension and understanding. 

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