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My recent web paper dealt with the brain's aesthetic appraisal system. It got me thinking out neurobiology as a field of study. It is interesting to think of neuroscience as a type of meta learning. In other words, by studying our brains (through neurobiology or psychology) we are learning about learning as the brain is the seat of all knowledge. 

Continuing in this vein, I think it is important to remember that all knowledge belongs to humanity; that all knowledge starts in the brain. Philosophically speaking, this is an empowering aspect of our reality. Also, it encourages interdisciplinary studies like that or neuroesthetics (the study of the brain's aesthetic appraisal system which brings together neuroscience, art, and empirical aesthetics).

I was also thinking about the brain's "story" this week. As opposed to a cut and dry, computer-like observation system, a story gives your reality meaning. It allows the human being to see purpose and to derive direction from what it is perceiving. This is another empowering aspect of our reality.