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The cognitive conscious (story teller) and the cognitive unconscious are two different groupings that we have identified in the brain. I’m still thinking about the differences between the two (as in the difference between feelings and emotions for example) and how this affects our lives. How do things end up in the conscious or unconscious? Which part of the brain chooses where the information goes and which part is more important? I understand that there is no complete control of any singular part of the brain but I still wonder how the coordination between the different parts leads to a specific result. What is the combination of factors that leads to an output? Can we say that the conscious factors are more important in certain situations? What situations? I also thought it was interesting how we stumbled onto similar discussions in terms of meaning (leading back to the question of whether something is there if there is no one to experience it) as we did earlier in the semester. I’m curious to talk more about culture and the example of the bipartite brain.