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The Scientific Brain Theory: How the brain works in a nutshell.

The following is a summary of the Scientific Brain computational model of the mind .  Outline Just like scientists in the research community, the neurons in our brains cooperate and compete following a scheme analogous to the scientific method to identify the causes of the stuff we observe. Once there is such a model of the world, all there is to intelligent behavior is to take whichever plan of action is predicted to yield the sought-after stuff. * At a lower level, the brain's model of the world includes a probabilistic model, where neural patterns code the probability (intuition) of stuff At a high level, complementing our low-level probabilistic model, what we can conceive as our conscious knowledge constitutes a logical model, where natural language description spell out some sort of established knowledge of how stuff comes about or what things do we need to do to bring stuff about. Given that phenomena in this world generally occur on a spectrum of shades of gray, our instin...
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Reasoning can be replicated by - as the scientific method prescribes - methodically putting to a test all sort of hypothesized reasons (Part 5 of The scientific method, intelligent behavior and how the brain investigates how the world works).

The following is part of Chapter IV-2 of "The Scientific Brain Theory of the mind: From Instinct to Reason, How Does The Mind Work" .    Reasoning - identifying the reasons for the stuff we observe - can be replicated by methodically putting to a test all sort of hypothesized reasons. Not unlike in the scientific method, if the currently hypothesized reasons do not replicate the stuff we observe, we simply try another set of hypothesis, until a satisfactory match is achieved. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The scientific method and how intelligent behavior is brought about in the brain. 1.1. The scientific method is - as a matter of fact - a very basic, all-purpose investigation method and, as such - contrary to general belief - not only is its application domain not limited to the natural sciences, but it is actually especially well-suited for impossibly complex, inscrutable questions such as the origin of Civilization, the State, power, love, intelligence, consciousness or human...
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The animal brain is living proof that scientific models are the most powerful tools for finding out why impossibly complex stuff comes about (Part 4 of The scientific method, intelligent behavior and how the brain investigates how the world works).

The following is part of Chapter IV-2 of " The Scientific Brain Theory of the mind : From Instinct to Reason, How Does The Mind Work".    TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The scientific method and how intelligent behavior is brought about in the brain. 1.1. The scientific method is - as a matter of fact - a very basic, all-purpose investigation method and, as such - contrary to general belief - not only is its application domain not limited to the natural sciences, but it is actually especially well-suited for impossibly complex, inscrutable questions such as the origin of Civilization, the State, power, love, intelligence, consciousness or human nature. 1.2. Predictions are the key to intelligent behavior: If we can predict what is going to happen, all there is to intelligent choices and behaviors is to choose the plan of action, predicted to yield the sought-after stuff. 1.3. The scientific method best describes how intelligent behavior is brought about in the brain: The stra...
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Abstract concepts form as our brain tries to understand why the stuff we observe comes about (Part 3 of The scientific method, intelligent behavior and how the brain investigates how the world works).

The following is part of Chapter IV-2 of " The Scientific Brain Theory of the mind : From Instinct to Reason, How Does The Mind Work".  TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The scientific method and how intelligent behavior is brought about in the brain. 1.1. The scientific method is - as a matter of fact - a very basic, all-purpose investigation method and, as such - contrary to general belief - not only is its application domain not limited to the natural sciences, but it is actually especially well-suited for impossibly complex, inscrutable questions such as the origin of Civilization, the State, power, love, intelligence, consciousness or human nature. 1.2. Predictions are the key to intelligent behavior: If we can predict what is going to happen, all there is to intelligent choices and behaviors is to choose the plan of action, predicted to yield the sought-after stuff. 1.3. The scientific method best describes how intelligent behavior is brought about in the brain: The strategy is to ...
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The brain's genius strategy to intelligent behavior is best described by the scientific method; i.e. learn a model which replicates how stuff comes about, and then take whichever action is predicted to yield the sought-after stuff (Part 2 of The scientific method, intelligent behavior and how the brain investigates how the world works).

 The following is part of  Chapter IV-2  of " The Scientific Brain Theory of the mind : From Instinct to Reason, How Does The Mind Work".  1.1. The scientific method is - as a matter of fact - a very basic, all-purpose investigation method and, as such - contrary to general belief - not only is its application domain not limited to the natural sciences, but it is actually especially well-suited for impossibly complex, inscrutable questions such as the origin of Civilization, the State, power, love, intelligence, consciousness or human nature. See  Chapter IV-2 of "A Scientific Model Of The Brain: From Instinct to Reason, How Does The Mind Work" . 1.2. Predictions are the key to intelligent behavior: If we can predict what is going to happen, all there is to intelligent behavior is to choose the plan of action, predicted to yield the sought-after stuff. Most descriptions of the scientific method stress the importance of a careful observation of the data: namely,...
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The scientific method is actually especially well-suited for impossibly complex, inscrutable questions such as the origin of Civilization, the State, power, love, intelligence, consciousness or human nature (Part 1 of The scientific method, intelligent behavior and how the brain investigates how the world works).

The following is part of Chapter IV-2 of " The Scientific Brain Theory of the mind : From Instinct to Reason, How Does The Mind Work".  1. The scientific method and how intelligent behavior is brought about in the brain. 1.1. The scientific method is - as a matter of fact - a very basic, all-purpose investigation method and, as such - contrary to general belief - not only is its application domain not limited to the natural sciences, but it is actually especially well-suited for impossibly complex, inscrutable questions such as the origin of Civilization, the State, power, love, intelligence, consciousness or human nature. 1.1.1 If the point of the scientific method is to identify the causes of the stuff we observe, we should eventually find a reasonably accurate answer, if only through exhaustively exploring all possibilities. There is the general misconception, according to which the scientific method's application domain is limited to the natural sciences and it cannot...
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Neural Population Codes, Nature's true democracy constitutes the basis of conscious thought and intelligent behavior (Part 2): The emergence of individual consciousness.

 Clearly we still have much to learn from Nature on how our consciousness is placed at the service of the entire organism. Indeed, if the conscious level of our brain, as the executive office of the animal organism, has direct control over the muscles, what prevents the neurons making up consciousness from emulating those at the top of human societies in taking advantage of using their power in their very own interest? The Ideology will of course always disingenuously put all the blame of human complex societies' dysfunctionality on the evil of human nature: human beings are selfish, only look after one's own, and will never feel any genuine concern for the wellbeing of others, let alone the common good. Yet, there is no indication that neurons are any tiny bit less selfish. Definitely, it is knot known that neurons feel any kind of love, compassion or concern for anything but themselves. In fact, to the extent that neurons have no soul nor brain and, consequently, it seems saf...
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