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Good point.

But demonstrandum - it’s a gerund, I think.

 

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Noted with thanks!

 

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And what exactly did you specifically offer in regards to STEM other than a "check-it-out" ?

Check out what from this?

What Is STEM and Why Is It Important?

• STEM consists of the natural sciences, math, engineering, and technology-related fields.
• Most STEM jobs are in high demand but suffer from a lack of qualified candidates.
• STEM is necessary for growing the economy and staying globally competitive.

https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/what-is-stem/#

 

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Wow! Latin no less. Impressive! I had hoped you could speak Dutch.

And what exactly has been demonstrated?

And why would I start pasting Feynman diagrams? You are projecting your prejudices by making presumptive errors.

And what is wrong with gerunds?
And we're back to semantics, never substance!

I am beginning to suspect that it is you who does not understand me. Why don't you ask me to clarify when the post seems unclear?

 

Yeah I understand absolutely fine.

I will repeat.

"I suggest you go back over previous conversations about where I offered information on STEM."

 

Evolutionary effects of radiation on both Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells.

Karyotype Aberrations in Action: The Evolution of Cancer Genomes and the Tumor Microenvironment
Nicolaas C. Baudoin1,2,* and Mathew Bloomfield2,*
Horst Zitzelsberger, Academic Editor

more ......

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more ..... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8068843/

A major cause of cancer is due to radiation damage to the cell. So what makes one cell resistant and another cell vulnerable to genetic damage?

 

And inevitably we return to microtubules'

Disruption of cytoplasmic microtubules by ultraviolet radiation
G B Zamansky1, B A Perrino, I N Chou

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1676000/#

And does that suggest neural network data transmission redundancy?

 

Continuing the update:

Quantitative characterization of steady states for systems of microtubules: A stochastic agent-based modeling approach

• Sayandeepa Raha . DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.11.1694

https://www.cell.com/biophysj/abstract/S0006-3495(23)02394-9

 

An interesting article explains the advantage of consciousness over and above the ability of an organism to react unconsciously to stimulus.

I think this is an important observation and deductive reasoning.

What is consciousness for?
Abstract

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732118X15300039#

Consciousness affords the organism an ability to voluntarily "choose" between actions, rather than respond in a purely involuntary reactive fashion.

The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness

https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nydeclaration/declaration

 

Is there not such a thing as unconscious volition? For example, as I am typing these words and sentences I am conscious of and paying attention to what they are saying. I am at the semantic level consciously. But at the same time my hands are typing on my keyboard the lettered keys forming these words. Here at the spelling level I am unconscious of doing all this and yet I am still doing it! Presumably there is volition controlling the keystrokes of my fingers and their precise sequence, just as there is volition behind my saying something in my sentences. Only in this case it seems to be an unconscious volition of typing.

Another instance of unconscious volition is the muscle movements being made in our face and mouth and throat as we are speaking. Without the slightest awareness of these movements and sounds being formed and precisely coordinated with each other, I am only conscious of the statements and thoughts I am expressing thru those movements. There is volition there. Even intelligent volition. But it is unconscious.

The question then is would being conscious of our typing or of making sounds with our mouth and throat be as nearly as efficient as doing it unconsciously? I tend to think not. If we had to think about every key we need to press with our fingers and what keystroke comes next it would be so slow and full of errors we'd probably give up. If I had to consciously choose which muscles to contract in my face and throat to make the right sounds forming the words I am speaking, i'd probably be speaking very slow and sloppily. So conscious volition seems to be a hindrance when it comes to motor movements of our body. Such are performed much more quickly and accurately when performed habitually by unconscious volition. Why then the need for ANY conscious volition?

 

Is that not asking if a thermometer has volition?

AFAIK, homeostatsis is almost totally autonomous and independent of conscious monitoring.
The only connection to conscious perception is a warning that something is wrong and manifests itself as experiential warmth, coldness, pain, nausea, discomfort.
Those are the only productive physical experiences needed for keeping track of the body's electrochemical balance and knowing that something is wrong.
But your subconscious homeostatic (area) of the brain keeps good care of your body, asleep, or even under anesthesia!

I trust Stuart Hammeroff (practicing anesthesiologist) to know the mathematics of anesthesia, which, according to Hameroff has the same relative effect on all living organisms.

Anesthetics have the same effects on plants as they have on animals and humans

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171211090736.htm#

This is a remarkable "common denominator" in nature and lends itself to a wide range of application in the natural world.

 

Only if we define volition as merely causing something to occur. If that were true then reflexes, like the jerk of your leg when the doctor taps your knee or a sneeze, would also be volition. For me volition is purposely driven and intelligently controlled action of any sort, either conscious or unconscious. So we say it is I who am still typing on my keyboard even if I am not aware of myself doing it. It isn't a series of involuntary reflexes of the muscles in our hands. There is a fine line and a matter of degrees separating consciousness and unconsciousness iow. We can switch from manual mode to automatic mode with many actions, even driving,

 

I believe you may be missing an intermediate level of "delegated and focused" consciousness.

The brain is capable of multitasking, but at cost of efficiency in other areas that require concentration on a particular activity.
"Selective attention"

That seems to be a volitional activity.

Selective Attention | Definition & Examples
Frequently Asked Questions

https://study.com/learn/lesson/selective-attention-theory-examples.html#

 

Yes...we can volitionally block from our senses any enviromental stimuli. Sights and sounds and smells. It is still being perceived. but it is unconscious. Or at least partially so and happening unnoticeably in the background, There is unconscious perception just as there is unconscious volition, Our unconscious is as much a part of ourselves as our consciousness is.

Do you know how many times you shift positions while asleep every night? Many times. That entails both unconscious perception, of a certain discomfort, and unconscious volition, of the purposive action taken to alleviate it. We are not far away from being zombies it seems!

 

Let's put it this way. We started as zombies and evolved into humans.
Are these creatures intelligently conscious? You bet!

I have a feeling that Cephalopoda (starting as a zombie slug) evolved into a high state of consciousness in a very dangerous deep-ocean environment. Just consider the size of a Colossal squid's eye and its light gathering abilities.

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Colossal squid eyes can grow to at least 27 centimetres in diameter © Natalie Jean/Shutterstock.com

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/amazing-eyes-vision-champions.html

Imagine the complex brain and neural system required to process at this level of a near-total dark environment.
Are these creatures intelligently conscious? You bet.

 

All animals with sophisticated eyes and ears and tactile systems and brains must be experiencing qualia like color, sounds, pain, tastes, smells, fear, hunger, sickness, tiredness, sadness, joy, desire, etc. So absolutely they are conscious. Anyone who has owned a dog or cat knows this at heart. The higher animals are not zombies.

 

And many animals are underestimated n their survival skills.

There is a curious condition in cephalopods, that requires some study of their adaption to an alien dark world. They're color-blind!

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Octopuses are famous for rapidly changing color to blend in with their surroundings. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

https://www.livescience.com/how-do-octopuses-change-color

So how do cephalopods process color perception under extreme low light?
It is a most remarkable ability enabled by light-sensitive neurons in their skin. The brain is only used to trigger skin contraction and relaxation to copy the wavelengths of the substrate by touch?

How do Octopuses Change Color?
Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about chromatophores.

https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2019/10/07/octopuses-change-color/