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From fake- Democracy to true democracy (Part 2): 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.

The following is part of Chapter IV of the first comprehensive scientific model of the mind (look for the "Scientific Brain Model" tab at the top of the home page).. There is the general misconception, according to which the scientific method's application domain is limited to the natural sciences and it cannot be employed for the investigation of complex abstract concepts such as civilization, state, power, love, intelligence, consciousness or human nature. Yet, nothing could be further from the truth, since the scientific method is nothing but a general, all-purpose recipe for learning the causes and reasons of stuff. Absolutely, so long we seek to understand what are the causes and reasons for certain stuff - that is, how a given thing works or how certain stuff comes about -, the scientific method can be applied to the investigation of any recognizable thing. As discussed in previous sections, the scientific method proceeds in repeated cycles, in each of which we pu...

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...