Normalizing Theory

We are always trying to put more technology in rather than use what always exists. There is much research related to integration of technology into our brains. The purpose of this thinking makes sense to me. I believe it is in our nature to try to learn more about our brains and to develop more sophisticated ways to use them. Frequently research related to this topic is done to help people with disabilities. For people that can’t hear, scientists are working on implanting electrodes into the brain for sensing audible impulses. For those that can’t speak researchers are developing brain implants that reproduce words from thoughts.

The prevailing thinking is that we need to “implant” our man made technology into the brain in order to connect or communicate with it. While this makes obvious sense, I propose we look at the human body, and in particular, the brain, as part of the same system we think of as “man made”. Essentially what I’m suggesting is that we don’t need to build new technology to integrate into our bodies, we need to discover how to use the tools the body has already given us.

Nature and nurture are from the same cloth. That is to say that whatever we build or the theories we conceive are all based on the same laws of the universe. Why then do we think of nature, the body, the brain, etc. as separate from computers, internet, electricity, etc. It is all the same. If we look at the universe in such a way, then much more is possible. Thus the basis of my theory.

The normalizing theory is this; our mind already has everything we think we must build to achieve the goals we want. We don’t need to insert a wire into our brain to transfer data back and forth with it. We don’t need to connect our minds to the internet to have them communicate with each other. We don’t need to attach a hard drive to get more memory, or a calculator to do complex computations. The mind can already do all of this. What we need to do is figure out how to access these aspects of our mind.

The proof is in the freaks. From time to time we see the savants, these people that can do seemingly amazing things with their minds. Some can do complex calculations instantly and others can memorize gigabytes of data in an instant; not much unlike a computer. These freaks demonstrate that human beings can do a lot more with their minds; for some reason they’ve been granted access to these parts of the mind.

I will figure it out; I just have no idea how.