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Two Excerpts Science searched long and hard to uncover the enigma of the mind. Was there a mind-body link? Could the whole material world be a creation of the mind? If that was merely sidelining the issue, could the mind be a logic processor? If it was, could we build a computer to mimic the mind? Could such a computer become angry, or feel dread? It was the last possibility that suddenly sounded absurd. It was the lack of a link between maths and the odd, irrational antics of the mind, which truly baffled science. How could any logical process ever generate tears and smiles? This book, The Intuitive Algorithm, suggests that there was a simple answer. The two excerpts from the book merely narrate that first insight and then, an incident on that endless path to fathoming the depths of the mind.

Artificial Intelligence And The Mind While Roger Penrose suggested that a computer could never mimic the mind, Walter Freeman described the seemingly impossible obstacle to doing it. Yet, a simple algorithm, used in a Diagnostic Expert System could explain the instant pattern recognition process followed by the mind. This Article explains the algorithm. And, how through a combinatorial memory and the use of inhibition, nerve cells could achieve the miracles of the mind.

Memory Research Misses The Obvious Science constantly seeks the secret of human memory. Branching, LTP and the hippocampus are among the numerous search directions. But, science failed to note the significance of the Nobel Prize winning discovery of combinatorial coding in olfactory systems. This article sugests that from the earliest nosebrains, memories could have been stored as combinatorial memories in nerve cells. And intuition could be an instant pattern recognition process, which could extract data in context from this vast memory.

When Laughter Does Not Come Easily While the benefits of laughter were well known, a strong surge of emotions, or a sad mood inhibited a refreshing belly laugh. Intuition was the algorithmic process, which instantly triggered those emotions in response to stressful situations. Paul Ekman suggested that those emotional responses were beyond your control. This article suggests that a process, similar to Cough CPR, could still bring calm.

The Monkey And The Spreadsheet Intuition was an almost instantaneous algorthmic process, which triggered emotions, on recognition of events. Conflicting emotions triggered drives, which sought opposing solutions. This article explains drives and suggests a simple conflict resolution procedure, which stills the mind and triggers the creativity of a superior, stress free, consciousness.

Subconscious Drives Make You Unhappy Electrodes, inserted into the septal area of rats caused the animals to seek more of the same "pleasure." After lobotomy, patients claimed that pain did not "hurt." How could mere electrical impulses from nerve cells generate mysterious responses, like pain and pleasure? This article suggests that these events are generated by drives, triggered by emotions from the limbic system. Drives are processes of the mind, managed by intuition, a pattern recognition algorithm.

The Attention Spanner Paul Eckman reported the relentless triggering of the emotions of anger, or fear from a region of the brain called, the limbic system. Intuition, an instant pattern recognition process, was the culprit. Across the ages, sages suggested stilling the mind as the path to peace. Buddha recommended meditation, a process of knowing your mind. This article suggests a simple process of directing attention as an easier path.

An Algorithm To Remove "Hurt" From Pain Only those who have suffered chronic pain can truly understand its debilitating effects. While physicians recommend "acceptance" as a crucial input to dealing with pain, it remains a little understood technique. When nociceptors report pain, the mind uses intuition, a pattern recognition process to trigger a powerful drive to escape the pain. This drive, which provides the unpleasant "hurt" component of pain, can be identified and inhibited.

Let James, Your Chauffeur, Take You There When an animal flees danger, it makes massive instantaneous choices from multitudes of options. It is an intuitive pattern recognition process, an automatic subconscious drive, which continually searches for viable choices for survival. Its search activities, from the supplementary/premotor motor areas and the basal ganglia, burden your mind, particularly when you hold huge responsibilities. When you have many problems needing answers, the secret is to leave it to James, your chauffeur, who manges this drive, to take you there.

Checked Into Nirvana. Where Is Joy? Eckhart Tolle was filled with indescribable joy, when a sudden insight unburdened him from his despair. He felt it resembled the experience of enlightenment by Buddha. While Paul Ekman suggested that negative emotions were outside human control, processes, such as relaxation, stomach pumping, and heightened awareness could bring a still, tranquil mind. While stillness was a natural state, could the joy associated with "Nirvana" be just euphoria over a sudden release from suffering?

The Bill Clinton Neuron And The Sweat Neuron Scientists were surprised when a single neuron in the brain of a patient consistently fired on recognition of President Clinton. How could a single neuron think? Actually science had ignored the Nobel Prize winning findings of Lynda Buck concerning the olfactory system, where combinatorial coding enabled the mind to recognize patterns. Intuition, a pattern recognition algorithm, and combinatorial coding could have enabled that neuron to recognize the President.