[HPforGrownups] Re: Mystery of Mysteries

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 193188

Maybe the brains attacked him because he was the "Pinky" of the bunch, and
the brains were finally fed up?

*grin*

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On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 6:34 PM, gcanham at cs.com [HPforGrownups] <
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Brain Room
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> The brain controls us, and we at least like to think that we control our
> brain. But are 'we' separate from our brain? Is that what wizards are
> researching in the brain room, or are they trying to find what is the
> different between Muggle and wizard brains? Or what?
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> I was asking why the brains were attacking Ron, and the suggestion I like
> best is that one brain will always find something to argue with compared to
> another. It has even been found that one half of your brain can argue with
> the other, even get violent at times. There was a case of a woman who had
> had her corpus callosum (which connects and helps coordinate the two
> hemispheres) had been cut for medical reasons, and her left hand
> (controlled by the right hemisphere) would often try to choke her, and she
> would have to bring it under control with her right hand (controlled by the
> left hemisphere). There is other evidence as well that shows that your two
> hemispheres, even when connected by the corpus callosum, can have different
> hopes and desires. So it should not be surprising that different brains can
> come into conflict. Seeing the behavior of the brains in the Brain Room,
> perhaps they need a body to keep them under some sort of control.
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> Also, the subconscious parts of our brains can act effectively by
> themselves most of the time, without need for conscious thought. No one
> really knows where consciousness comes from, but we know we have souls
> (that dementors have a taste for) so presumably it comes from those. I've
> never met a wizard who has received the Dementors' Kiss, but from what
> Muggles have found about the subconscious brain, it sounds as if they would
> be able to function, but have little if any control, and tend to act on
> impulse and their prejudices. That could be another reason the brain, which
> presumably didn't have a soul to restrain it, attacked Ron if it believed
> he was making fun of it. Lashing out at the slightest provocation, would be
> typical thoughtless action a brain with no soul is likely to do.
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> Muggle studies seem to show that our subconscious comes up with
> conclusions and actions, based on what the brain has learnt in the past,
> and our consciousness is only made aware of the decision a matter of
> seconds before any action is initiated. That leads some Muggles to say we
> don't really have willpower, just allowed to have the illusion of it.
> Perhaps we don't have willpower, but it seems we do have "Won't Power",
> because our consciousness normally seems to have a few seconds to overrule
> the subconscious, and stop the action it was planning.
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> Thinking of Dumbledore's comment to Harry during his 'near death
> experience' at what looked like King's Cross Station, what we think of as
> reality is actually all in our heads. What we see is our brain's
> interpretation of the light's interaction with the cells at the back of our
> eyes. How you visualize red might be completely different from what I see
> as red. As a kid at school I recall our class being asked what color we saw
> when shown turquoise, and I think I was one of only two or three, out of
> about 20 in the class, who saw it as green, rather than blue. There is an
> old question about whether a falling tree makes a sound if there is noone
> to hear it. The answer is No. It disturbs the air and creates vibrations or
> waves in it, but if there are no ears to interpret those vibrations, then
> it doesn't become sound.
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> It is not surprising that the Ministry has a room dedicated to the brain.
> Muggle scientists, studying quantum mechanics and the fundamental building
> blocks of matter, have noticed that some results are affected by being
> observed or not, and some even go so far as to say that things only exist
> when you observe them (yet they claim not to believe in magic!!!). So our
> brains might be responsible for everything we know as 'reality'. Well worth
> studying.
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