Who Am I?

[Windsor]

A perplexing question that we often asked of ourselves. In this excellent BBC documentary, "The Secret You," Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of science's greatest mysteries: how do we know who we are? While the thoughts that make us feel as though we know ourselves are easy to experience, they are notoriously difficult to explain. So, in order to find out where they come from, Marcus subjects himself to a series of probing experiments.

He learns at what age our self-awareness emerges and whether other species share this trait. Next, he has his mind scrambled by a cutting-edge experiment in anaesthesia. Having survived that ordeal, Marcus is given an out-of-body experience in a bid to locate his true self. And in Hollywood, he learns how celebrities are helping scientists understand the microscopic activities of our brain. Finally, he takes part in a mind-reading experiment that both helps explain and radically alters his understanding of who he is.

Watch this and you might just learn more about yourself.

 

[Maximilian Chua-Heng]

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

http://www.ted.com

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[GOD IS MY DOG]

read up on Buddhism's ''no-self concept''...................



there's no such thing as ''you'' or ''i''.....................




you are just a stream of thoughts that have deluded itself into believing in its own existence....................

 

[Fook Seng]

I think therefore I am - Rene Descartes

 

[Fook Seng]

Looks like Descartes is right after watching the video. The act of thinking activates a network of activities in various parts of the brain and this network is what thinking and consciousness is about. Without the networking, you are just a dumb sensor.