Brainaction

The brain conserves its resources by consigning the great bulk of its routine operations to automatic processing beyond conscious awareness. The automatic use of preset responses makes the brain action relatively effortless. The brain reserves most of its neuronal activity for...

The vagaries of demand, particularly the amount of effort needed for self-initiated thought, explain the human weaknesses that Hitler mocked and exploited (see Self-awareness). Daniel Kahnemann (2011) in his book “Thinking, Fast and Slow” analyses the dualistic processing he terms...

The ready availability of automatic brain action explains the blindness and stupidity of the masses that Hitler exploited (see self-awareness). Most daily brain action proceeds automatically to foregone conclusions. All animals manage the massive sensory input economically with automatic integration...