Wednesday, October 13, 2004

The Limits of the Limitless Mind

Mind is considered to be a very complex organ. It is said to be almost 30 times more powerful than the most powerful computer ever built. With all the massive amount of data the mind can store and all the data it processes from various stimuli, mind is nothing but dependent, a slave ! why in spite of its immense abilities mind cannot master everything? We have engineers who specialize in engineering, they in turn have to depend on the doctors and vice versa. Why do you find people specializing in certain areas only? I guess if we knew everything we would be called the omniscient, omnipotent, the god. But I’m not getting involved with religion or philosophy here and my line of thought is purely logical and scientific.
In spite of all these short comings the mind is the ultimate creator of all man-made things including the puny thing we call as ‘computer’. Why then do we compare ourselves with something of our own creation? Doesn’t it sound stupid? Is it an indication of our insecurity levels? I guess these questions will be unanswered for a long time…

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