[Alamo-Girl]

Yet I'd suggested that the "control system" of a human being is not of this nature. I.e., it is not a "machine," not any kind of physical device at all. If Augustine, James, and Rosmini (not to mention Plato, Plotinus, Aquinas, Anselm, etc., etc.) are correct, this non-observable is describable as "I", "ego," psyche, "soul," and/or "Thought." All these names refer to a totally intangible entity, the real existence of which the history of human culture from as far back as we can document in some fashion (probably back to ~25,000 B.C.) universally attests to.

Indeed.

In my view, this testimony stands in sharp contrast to the observation of the physical world, that the lag between physical sensory perception and cognition cannot be physically closed. IOW, the observation itself points to the physical being just a subset of "all that there is."

Thank you for your outstanding essay-posts, dearest sister in Christ!

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In my view, this testimony stands in sharp contrast to the observation of the physical world, that the lag between physical sensory perception and cognition cannot be physically closed. IOW, the observation itself points to the physical being just a subset of "all that there is."

A simply stunning insight, dearest sister in Christ!

Thank you ever so much for this magnificent essay/post!