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I have a series of comments that relate to my title. I will just outline them:

1) I wasn't in class last Thursday, so I am reading all of these posts about the I-box. From what I gather it has something to do with consciousness or something that can override other systems in our bodies and that the way things are overridden can show a resemblance to the distinctness of personalities.

That makes me think about my cat friend, Gracie. She has a neo-cortex and thus must have an I-box and personality (catality). This is proven to me by this little game that she plays that no one taught her, but frequently tries to get her to stop with no avail:

Step A) She sees my mother's big mug with a straw in it

Step B) She waits for my mother to turn around, then she pulls the straw out of the cup

Step C) She plays with it till my mother turns around

Step D) My mother turns around and screams, "No, Gracie. Stop. No, Gracie"

Step E) Gracie places the straw in her mouth and runs away or My mother takes it from her before she does

Important Info:

When Gracie plays too rough, I tell her, "No, Gracie. Stop. No, Gracie." Gracie always stops or stops and walk away. When she is eating something that she isn't supposed to, we say, "No, Gracie. Stop. No Gracie" and she stops.

This shows that she makes a choice on whether or not to do something depending on her goal. She somehow has been able to distinguish the severity of "mistakes" that she makes and decides whether or not respond accordingly.

That's why we call her silly or funny because she is so aloof and silly

2) If we say that thinking changes the molecular structure of the brain, than isn't it true that the more we think/study the brain, the further away it becomes from us?

3) What is proof, then? If the way we think about the brain changes it, then how can we be proven "fully" wrong because getting it wrong will also make the brain change how it was to become what we thought it was and thus we become more right.

4) Octavia Butler writes about telepaths, shape shifters, and empaths. It seem so mystical and yet so real when she writes. Who knew that she was correct. If our neurons are perturbed by information and thus rearranges, then I can change someone by giving them information. Let's take it to the next level: Butler's telepath Mary could send info to "ordinary or latent telepathic" people's minds and get them to do whatever she wants while also making the people think that they were acting independently and original. The difference between an active telepath and a latent telepath is awareness of one's powers or abilities. The most powerful active telepath is the one who could best focus their abilities. Why is this considered different from our 'reality', society, culture, etc?